A new partnership to strengthen healthcare security
Cyberattacks against the healthcare industry continue to rise – targeting patient data, medical research, and critical hospital infrastructure. With over 270 million individuals impacted by healthcare-related cyberattacks since 2020, hospitals and health systems must prioritize stronger identity security measures to protect against emerging threats.
To help healthcare organizations address these challenges, CLEAR has been selected as a preferred cybersecurity and risk provider for identity verification in the American Hospital Association (AHA) Preferred Cybersecurity and Risk Provider Program. This relationship highlights CLEAR’s commitment to strengthening identity security in healthcare and aligns with the AHA’s broader efforts to help hospitals and health systems prepare for and mitigate cyber attacks.
“CLEAR has been selected by the AHA as an excellent solution provider for their identity verification service. We can confidently recommend CLEAR as a reliable source of support for our nation’s hospitals and health systems in their efforts to defend against sophisticated cyberthreats and ransomware attacks.”
- John Riggi, National Advisor for Cybersecurity and Risk, American Hospital Association
Advancing identity security in healthcare
As part of its commitment to protecting healthcare organizations, the AHA conducts a rigorous vetting and due diligence process to ensure that its Preferred Cybersecurity and Risk Providers meet the highest standards of expertise, reliability, and effectiveness. Through this process, CLEAR has been selected as a trusted cybersecurity provider for identity verification, working to address the industry’s most pressing challenges, including:
- Mitigating identity-related cyber risks by strengthening authentication and access control.
- Reducing fraud and unauthorized access to sensitive healthcare systems.
- Helping hospitals implement best practices for identity verification and cybersecurity.
These efforts come to life in key hospital workflows, where secure and seamless identity verification is critical. CLEAR is already being used across various healthcare organizations to:
- Streamline account creation for both patients and providers, ensuring identities are verified at the first point of interaction.
- Improve provider authentication for accessing critical hospital systems, reducing friction while maintaining security.
- Secure password resets to reduce reliance on traditional knowledge-based authentication, which is vulnerable to phishing and social engineering attacks.
- Enhance patient check-in by allowing verified individuals to quickly and securely access their medical records and appointments.
CLEAR will contribute to critical industry discussions on the role of identity security in protecting healthcare organizations through our relationship with the AHA. By collaborating with the AHA and fellow cybersecurity experts, CLEAR is committed to advancing best practices and strengthening security frameworks across hospitals and health systems.
Protecting healthcare with secure, reusable identity
In today’s evolving cyber landscape, identity is the new perimeter—and hospitals must ensure that only the right people have access to the right information at the right time. As an AHA Preferred Cybersecurity and Risk Provider, CLEAR brings its expertise in biometric identity verification and secure authentication to the conversation, reinforcing the importance of trusted, efficient identity solutions in healthcare security strategies.
To learn more about how CLEAR is helping to enhance cybersecurity in healthcare, contact us today. For more information on the AHA Preferred Cybersecurity and Risk Provider Program and its rigorous vetting process, visit their website.
1U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Office for Civil Rights. (n.d.). Breach portal: Notice to the Secretary of HHS breach of unsecured protected health information. Retrieved from https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
