Clinics, community health and care providers hold some of the most sensitive information there is, and patients depend on their systems being available. ABISOL provides senior technology, cybersecurity and privacy leadership for healthcare organizations that need it without a full-time CIO or CISO, so patient information stays protected and care keeps running.
Healthcare carries the highest stakes for privacy and availability, often with the smallest technology teams.
average cost of a healthcare data breach in 2026, the highest of any industry in IBM's study.
Source: IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026, as reported by The HIPAA Journal (Jul 29, 2026)Ransomware is the top cybercrime threat facing Canada's critical infrastructure, and incidents affecting the health sector have been steadily increasing.
Source: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security, National Cyber Threat Assessment 2025–2026Regulatory context: health-privacy law in Canada is provincial. In Ontario, PHIPA requires health information custodians to notify affected individuals at the first reasonable opportunity when personal health information is stolen, lost, or used or disclosed without authority. It also requires them to notify the Information and Privacy Commissioner for prescribed categories of breach and to submit annual breach statistics (see the IPC's breach-reporting guidelines). Other provinces have their own health-information laws, such as Alberta's Health Information Act. ABISOL helps you understand which obligations apply and build proportionate safeguards around them.
Devices and networks get maintained, but nobody owns the risk to patient information.
Decisions about systems, vendors and AI tools wait, or get made one at a time.
Someone holds the title without the technical backing to make it work.
New platforms connect to patient data before anyone has reviewed the risk.
Instead of a patient-safety, continuity and trust issue owned by leadership.
ABISOL works alongside your people, MSP and vendors. We provide executive direction, governance and advocacy, and we don't replace anyone. Lead the IT team? See how we work with you.
Privacy and cyber posture reviewed against your health-privacy obligations, plus EMR, vendor, integration and downtime readiness.
A Fractional CIO and CISO for your leadership and Board, with a roadmap that balances care, risk and budget.
Integrated EMR and admin workflows, automated intake, referrals and billing tasks, and AI documentation tools adopted with privacy safeguards.
EMR and clinical-system selection or migration, virtual-care rollouts and implementation governance.
Privacy and security policies, breach response aligned with your notification duties, access reviews, downtime procedures and Board reporting.
Technology strategy, budget, vendors and reporting, led by an experienced executive.
Learn moreA security program, risk register and reporting focused on protecting patient information.
Learn moreBack up your privacy lead with policies, privacy impact assessments and breach procedures.
Learn moreA defensible platform choice and a well-governed migration or implementation.
Learn moreRecovery targets, tested backups and procedures to keep caring for patients when systems are down.
Learn moreRight-sized access to patient records, with regular reviews of who looked at what.
Learn moreEvaluate AI scribe and documentation tools for privacy, consent, accuracy and value before rollout.
Learn moreReview and oversee the platforms that connect to patient data.
Learn moreYours to keep, whether or not you continue.
Fractional CIO, CTO & CISO · CISSP · CISM · PMP · MBA
Mohammad has delivered healthcare data-governance work, including the clinic engagement shown here. He has built cybersecurity, data-classification, retention and privacy-impact-assessment programs from policy through to Board reporting.
More about MohammadA focused conversation with your executive lead and operations or privacy lead, so you can decide based on facts.
Your vendor secures its platform. You remain responsible for who has access, how devices and networks are secured, which other systems connect, and how you respond to a breach. We help you manage your side of that shared responsibility.
No. Keep a good MSP for day-to-day support. ABISOL provides the privacy and security leadership above it and holds the provider to clear standards.
Attacks are largely automated, and health information is valuable. Smaller clinics and community providers often have fewer safeguards and are affected too.
Often, yes, with the right checks: where data is stored and processed, patient notice and consent, accuracy review, access controls and vendor terms. We evaluate the tool and your obligations before rollout, not after.
That's the gap fractional leadership is designed for: senior judgment for an agreed amount of time each month, sized to your organization.
We avoid accessing personal health information wherever possible. When access is needed, we work under appropriate confidentiality and agent agreements, with least-privilege access. You keep ownership and control throughout.
A no-obligation conversation about where you stand and what to do first.
