When the Rostering System Goes Down, Who Visits Mrs. Murphy?
Home care providers manage thousands of daily visits using digital scheduling, mobile care apps, and electronic health records. A cyber incident doesn't just affect IT — it affects vulnerable people waiting at home.
The Domino Effect of a Home Care Breach
- Digital rostering collapses — carers don’t know where to go or when to arrive
- Mobile care apps stop working — carers lose access to medication lists, care plans, and alert protocols
- HSE home care package documentation becomes inaccessible for audits and inspections
- Lone worker safety systems go offline — staff working in the community cannot be tracked
- Families receive no updates about whether their loved one was visited today
Are Home Care Providers In Scope?
Possibly — and growing more likely. Large HSE-funded home care providers using digital care management platforms and employing 50+ staff are increasingly likely to fall within NIS2 scope as healthcare providers.
Even below the threshold, home care providers handle personal health data at scale and face GDPR obligations alongside potential NIS2 requirements.
Keep Care Visits Running
Network-Wide Visibility
Discover every device, app, and connection across office, mobile, and cloud systems used by your care workforce.
Vulnerability Detection
Find weaknesses in rostering platforms, mobile apps, and cloud-based care records before attackers do.
Compliance Evidence
Automatically generated compliance documentation ready for HSE audits, HIQA, and NCSC reporting.
Always-On Protection
24×7×365 monitoring from the German Cyber Defence Centre — because care visits happen on Christmas Day too.
Someone Is Waiting for That Visit
Make sure your systems can deliver care when it matters — every day, every visit.