Download the 2026 State of Global Healthcare Cybersecurity – Rankings, KPIs & Competitive Intelligence

Healthcare has just lived through another year of mega-breaches, ransomware disruptions, and escalating regulatory and board scrutiny. Ransomware and extortion are still defining the risk landscape, and a majority of healthcare organizations now report at least one attempted ransomware attack every year.

If you are responsible for protecting patients, revenue, or brand equity—or you are a cybersecurity vendor shaping this market—the 2026 State of Global Healthcare Cybersecurity | Resource Manual & Playbook is now must-have competitive intelligence, not optional reading.

What You Get in the 2026 Manual

This nearly 400-page, global PDF manual distills healthcare cyber risk, market structure, and vendor performance into a single, board-ready reference for 2026–2028 planning.

Inside, you will find:

Global Threat, Incident, and Spend Benchmarks for 2026

• Up-to-date data on breach volume, PHI exposure, ransomware, and third-party failures.
• Market sizing and growth forecasts showing healthcare cyber spend accelerating globally and outpacing overall health IT.

Independent Rankings and Vendor Intelligence Across 70+ Cybersecurity Categories

• Evaluations of hundreds of product, platform, and services vendors across identity, endpoint, cloud, IoMT, backup/DR, SIEM/SOAR, MDR/XDR, GRC/TPRM, AI-driven analytics, human-risk programs, and more.
• A practical vendor directory to discover emerging specialists and benchmark global platforms, including which vendors appear in top-rated tables.

36 Healthcare Cybersecurity KPIs for 2026

• 18 qualitative KPIs for software and operational services (clinical uptime, PHI protection, ransomware resilience, identity risk reduction, IoMT coverage, cloud and AI safety, value realization).
• 18 qualitative KPIs for consulting and advisory firms (strategic alignment, regulatory depth, operating-model design, clinical/payer understanding, change management, and cultural impact).

Dedicated AI/GenAI and Framework-Mapping Content

• A full AI/GenAI chapter on how attackers, vendors, and health organizations are using AI—and how to govern AI-heavy solutions safely.
• Crosswalks mapping domains and KPIs to major cybersecurity and healthcare frameworks to plug directly into your existing governance program.

The manual is fully searchable and structured so you can drop excerpts, charts, and tables straight into board decks, RFPs, and roadmap discussions.

Turn Rankings into Competitive Advantage

Whether you are a #1-ranked vendor, an emerging challenger, or a healthcare organization deciding where to place bets, the 2026 manual lets you:

• See how vendors truly stack up: Ratings are based on experience-driven feedback from qualified healthcare professionals and executives across multiple regions, not vendor marketing claims.
• Understand what “#1” really means in context: The report explains what a top-rated position signifies—and what it does not—so you can interpret rankings responsibly and use them as one input among architecture, risk, and budget considerations.
• Benchmark by segment, region, and organization type: Find “best-fit” leaders for small hospitals, community systems, large academic centers, IDNs, payers, life sciences, and public health organizations, with explicit guidance on outcome needs by segment.
• Arm your board and executive team with defensible evidence: Move from “we think we have the right tools and partners” to “our vendor portfolio, roadmaps, and budgets are aligned to independently validated KPIs and peer experience.”

If you lead a vendor team, this is the playbook your customers will be reading before RFPs, renewals, and board approvals. If you are a provider, payer, or life sciences organization, it is the quickest way to see where your current partners stand—and which alternatives your peers are shortlisting.

Why Cyber Leaders Rely on Black Book

Black Book’s methodology is designed for independent, healthcare-specific decision support, not pay-to-play analyst marketing:

• Independent & vendor-neutral - Black Book does not sell the software or services being evaluated and does not accept payment in exchange for ratings or rankings.
• Experience-based – Rankings are grounded in the lived experience of healthcare professionals using the tools and services, not speculative opinions.
• Sector-specific – The 2026 edition is built for providers, payers, life sciences, public health, and digital health organizations operating under real regulatory, clinical, and financial constraints.

Used properly, this manual is a toolkit to move from ad-hoc, tool-by-tool buying to coherent, KPI-driven decision-making across both technology and advisory services.

Who Should Download This Report

• CISOs, CIOs, CMIOs, CNIOs, CTOs, and security leaders
• CFOs, COOs, and board members accountable for enterprise risk and resilience
• Cybersecurity product, marketing, and strategy leaders at vendors
• Procurement, sourcing, and vendor-management executives
• Clinical, operations, and payer leaders shaping investment priorities

If your name ever appears on a cyber incident briefing, RFP, board pack, or vendor shortlist, you should have this manual on your desktop.

Exclusive Access

Free for qualified registrants, subscribers, and Black Book clients.

Eligible healthcare organizations, current Black Book Research data subscribers, and report clients may download the full 2026 PDF at no cost upon confirmation of eligibility. Others may request purchase and subscription options using the same form.

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