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Security incident detection and escalation workflow

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time security incident detection, notification, and escalation workflows for hematology practices, ensuring regulatory compliance and fast incident response.
1.2. Automates identification of unauthorized access, data breaches, suspicious user behavior, and non-compliance with industry standards (HIPAA, GDPR).
1.3. Ensures automated tracking, documenting, and escalation of security events for audit and remediation, reducing manual overhead.
1.4. Automating incident resolution steps, root cause tracking, and closure to enhance data security posture and patient safety for hematologists.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automated detection of anomalous login attempts or geographic mismatches in EHR system.
2.2. Automates alerts upon data export/download outside office hours.
2.3. Automatedly triggers when anti-virus/threat detection logs suspicious/malicious activity.
2.4. Automated escalation when system detects failed login thresholds.
2.5. Detection of audit log tampering or privilege escalation attempts triggers automation.
2.6. Automated monitoring of compliance rule violations or expired access credentials.

Platform Variants

3.1. Microsoft Sentinel
• Feature/Setting: Security playbooks / API connectors — automate incident triggers and alerting via Logic Apps.
3.2. AWS Security Hub
• Feature/Setting: Automated security findings via EventBridge rule or Lambda — configure automated ticket creation and escalation.
3.3. Splunk
• Feature/Setting: Adaptive Response Actions API — automate workflow upon alert stream incidence detection.
3.4. Datadog
• Feature/Setting: Security Signal Webhook — configure to automate escalations via external systems.
3.5. PagerDuty
• Feature/Setting: Automated incident creation API — auto-promote critical findings to Hematology IT staff.
3.6. Okta
• Feature/Setting: Event Hooks — automate incident response by monitoring anomalous SSO activity.
3.7. Twilio SMS
• Feature/Setting: Programmable SMS — automatedly send SMS alerts to security officers.
3.8. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Incoming Webhooks or Events API — automates sending real-time notifications to dedicated channels.
3.9. ServiceNow
• Feature/Setting: Incident Management API — automated ticketing and approval routes.
3.10. Google Chronicle
• Feature/Setting: Forwarding rules — automate data push to SEIM platforms for escalations.
3.11. Cisco SecureX
• Feature/Setting: Response orchestration API — automated workflow to trigger investigations.
3.12. Jira Service Management
• Feature/Setting: REST API — automate ticket creation on security incident discoveries.
3.13. SendGrid
• Feature/Setting: Email API — automatedly email incident details to compliance teams.
3.14. Trello
• Feature/Setting: REST API Card Creation — automates board updates for incident tracking.
3.15. IBM QRadar
• Feature/Setting: Offense Notifications API — automate integration with external alerting tools.
3.16. CrowdStrike Falcon
• Feature/Setting: Detection webhook — automated response on endpoint threats.
3.17. Proofpoint
• Feature/Setting: Threat Response API — automate notification on phishing/email threats.
3.18. Zendesk
• Feature/Setting: Ticketing API — automate alert escalation to support teams.
3.19. Sumo Logic
• Feature/Setting: Alert webhook — automate outbound notifications and escalation.
3.20. Asana
• Feature/Setting: API — automate incident tracking as tasks for review and action.
3.21. Freshservice
• Feature/Setting: Incident API — automates workflow for documented incident handling.
3.22. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Email sending API — automate escalation emails to external contacts.

Benefits

4.1. Automates continuous monitoring and detection of security incidents for hematology practices.
4.2. Automates rapid escalation, reducing human intervention and risk of compliance fines.
4.3. Automator ensures full documentation and traceability for audits and regulatory reporting.
4.4. Automated notifications improve awareness, speed up incident response, and enable proactive issue management.
4.5. Automation greatly reduces time-to-resolution and increases confidence in handling sensitive healthcare data.
4.6. Automatable workflows offer scalable adaptation to complex healthcare environments, ensuring operational efficiency.

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