There’s nothing worse than standing in the middle of a disaster, knowing it didn’t have to happen. 

I remember spending days recovering a hospital from a ransomware attack, watching the chaos unfold in real-time. As I worked to bring systems back online, one thought kept running through my head:

This was all avoidable.

All of it—the lost time, the lost money, the life-threatening consequences—traced back to a few small security gaps. Gaps that could have been caught early.

The Real Cost of a Breach

We talk about cybersecurity in terms of data protection and financial losses, but when a hospital goes down, the impact is much bigger than that.

  • A pharmacy locked out of its system, unable to fill prescriptions for people in desperate need.
  • A 70-year-old woman in the ER at 1 AM, waiting for a CT scan that doctors couldn’t perform because the imaging systems were offline.
  • A community left unserved because the hospital they relied on was completely offline, forced to operate with paper forms.

Everyone Knows Cybersecurity Matters—So Why Aren’t We Doing Enough? 

There’s no debate. We all know cybersecurity is critical. We all know hackers are actively targeting healthcare.

And yet, hospitals, businesses, and organizations everywhere are still being blindsided by ransomware attacks.

Not because they don’t care. Not because they don’t have security tools in place.

But because they aren’t testing whether their security actually works.

The Simple Fix: A Cyber Checkup

Here’s the reality—security isn’t set-it-and-forget-it.

Think of your physical health. You don’t just assume everything is fine; you get regular checkups. You go for blood tests to catch issues before they turn into serious problems.

Cybersecurity should work the same way.

Not just a one-time assessment. Not just a once-a-year review. Regular checkups—quarterly or monthly—to ensure your team’s fixes are working and your security measures are doing their job.

Why You Need a Third-Party Cyber Checkup

Doctors don’t run their own blood tests—they send them to an independent lab for an unbiased analysis.

That’s exactly what we do at Galactic.

 We provide a third-party cyber health checkup that shows you exactly where your risks are, so you can fix them before an attacker finds them.

 The first step to preventing ransomware is knowing where you stand.

Are you getting your quarterly cyber checkup? If not, it’s time to start. Let’s talk.