Fortified Health Security Announces Growth Investment Led by Silversmith Capital Partners and Health Velocity Capital

Investment will accelerate growth in platform development and hiring across the organization Fortified Health Security (Fortified), a best-in-class managed security services provider (MSSP) to the healthcare industry announced today a majority investment led by Silversmith Capital Partners and Health Velocity Capital with participation from Nordic Consulting. Fortified’s client-centric focus will remain a priority. The new investment will help fuel Fortified’s growth plan by accelerating its technology roadmap to develop a platform that simplifies the management and oversight of cybersecurity programs for clients, expanding the sales organization and supporting operational scale. Since its inception, Fortified has supported hospital systems and other healthcare providers with a broad array of cybersecurity advisory and security operations center (SOC) services. As a mission-driven organization, Fortified exists to increase the cybersecurity posture of healthcare and serve as an extension of its clients’ cybersecurity teams. “When we started Fortified, our goal was to help clients build a stronger cybersecurity program that would enable them to reduce risk and provide safe patient care. We’ve been fortunate to be rewarded with growth beyond what we initially imagined,” said Dan L. Dodson, CEO at Fortified. “We have known Health Velocity and Silversmith for years, and we are already jointly serving clients with Nordic. All of them bring deep expertise in healthca...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Security and Privacy Bruce Crosby Cybersecurity Dan L. Dodson Fortified Fortified Health Security Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Health Velocity Health Velocity Capital H Source Type: blogs