Summary: Exiger has been named a Preferred Cybersecurity Provider by the American Hospital Association (AHA), offering supply chain technology that mitigates cyber risks in healthcare systems. Exiger’s AI-driven platform enhances cybersecurity for hospitals by identifying third-party risks and providing tools for managing Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs).

Key Takeaways:

  • Exiger’s platform helps healthcare systems manage cyber risks by monitoring suppliers, software, and medical devices.
  • The AHA Preferred Cybersecurity Provider status ensures that Exiger meets the highest standards for cybersecurity in healthcare.

Exiger, a supply chain and third-party risk AI company, has been named a Preferred Cybersecurity Provider by the American Hospital Association (AHA), which represents nearly 5,000 hospitals, healthcare systems, networks, and providers across the country.

Exiger’s Supply Chain Technology and Cyber Risk Management

Exiger leverages its supply chain technology to empower healthcare and government customers to identify and mitigate cyber supply chain risk within their direct suppliers, supplier ecosystem, and software and medical device products.

“The frontier of cyber supply chain risk management has emerged as one of the biggest obstacles and opportunities to unlocking patient care of the future,” said Brandon Daniels, Exiger CEO. “With cyber physical systems like robotic surgery, digitally-dependent care, increasing regulatory requirements, and ransomware attacks causing diversion and labor shortages, effective technological solutions are vital to securing this critical sector’s software and suppliers.”

AHA’s Preferred Cybersecurity Provider Program

The AHA Preferred Cybersecurity Provider (APCP) program was created to help hospitals and health systems prepare, prevent, and respond to pressing cyber threats by connecting its members with trusted, vetted, and accomplished cybersecurity service providers.

“The AHA selected Exiger because they meet the high bar set for APCP status,” said John Riggi, national advisor for cybersecurity and risk, AHA. “And when a hospital or health system selects a service from a company that has achieved APCP status like Exiger, they can be confident that the organization has met the AHA’s highest standards and is committed to helping defend hospitals and patients against cyber threats.”

Exiger’s Success in Supporting Healthcare Projects

From mapping supply chains for essential medicines and supporting the U.S. Federal Government’s COVID-19 response to creating vendor risk management ecosystems at scale for hospital systems, Exiger has shown success in supporting healthcare projects, according to AHA.

Exiger’s technology is FedRAMP authorized and allows organizations to illuminate, map, orchestrate, and secure medical and software supply chains within Exiger – a centralized, end-to-end risk management platform. In addition to identifying suppliers with poor cybersecurity hygiene, Exiger helps users gain visibility into open-source and proprietary, third-party software suppliers, allowing them to actively manage third-party risk, contract, and regulatory compliance through Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs). If hospitals’ software suppliers do not provide SBOMs, the user can create the SBOM directly from the Exiger platform.