Veterinary Sector

Veterinary
Practice Security

PMS uptime, Ohio Safe Harbor qualification, FTC Safeguards Rule, and PCI-DSS for veterinary practices in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio — including Cornerstone, AVImark, and ezyVet.

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Ransomware + PCI Risk
$250K+

Veterinary practices hold medical records, payment data, and schedule systems — all high-value ransomware targets. Securafy's Zero Trust architecture blocks execution before damage.

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$250K+
Ransomware + PCI Risk
The Cost of Inaction

Average cost of a ransomware incident for a veterinary practice — including downtime, recovery, and client notification

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Veterinary Sector

The Threat
Landscape

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PMS Downtime — Practice Stops

If Cornerstone, AVImark, ezyVet, or Impromed is down, your practice stops. Scheduling, treatment history, billing — all unavailable. Every hour of downtime costs in lost appointments and staff time.

OPERATIONAL CRITICAL
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Client PII Breach

Ohio's breach notification law, PCI-DSS, and the FTC Safeguards Rule all protect the client PII in your PMS — name, address, payment card data, and insurance information.

LEGAL OBLIGATION
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High Staff Turnover Risk

Veterinary technicians and receptionists change frequently. Orphaned credentials and access governance gaps create persistent insider threat and unauthorized access risk.

PERSISTENT RISK
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DSO Acquisition Due Diligence

If your practice is considering sale to a DSO, undocumented security gaps surface in due diligence and affect valuation and deal timeline.

BUSINESS RISK
What We Deliver

Award-Winning
Protection

Securafy's service tiers are purpose-built for this sector's compliance obligations, operational pressures, and threat environment. Headquartered in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio — serving clients nationwide.

Ohio Safe Harbor ORC §1354FTC Safeguards RulePCI-DSSOhio Breach NotificationNIST CSF 2.0CIS Controls v8
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PMS System Protection

24/7 monitoring and backup for Cornerstone, AVImark, ezyVet, Impromed, and other practice management systems. Defined RTO/RPO for clinical data availability.

Ohio Safe Harbor Documentation

NIST CSF-aligned program qualifying your practice under ORC §1354. If client breach litigation occurs, your practice responds from documented strength.

FTC Safeguards Rule Compliance

For practices offering financing, FTC Safeguards Rule requirements apply. We implement and document the required controls.

PCI-DSS Payment Security

PCI-DSS controls for your payment processing environment — ensuring cardholder data is protected and you're not exposed to card brand fines.

Staff Turnover Access Governance

Standardized onboarding and offboarding workflows ensuring credentials are provisioned and revoked on day one and day done — closing the persistent access gap.

DSO Acquisition Readiness

A documented security and compliance program is an acquisition asset. We build the program that holds up in due diligence and supports your valuation.

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Common Questions

Frequently
Asked

No — animal health records are not protected health information under HIPAA. However, you still have obligations under Ohio's breach notification law, PCI-DSS, and the FTC Safeguards Rule (for practices offering financing). The client PII in your practice management system is exactly what those laws were written to protect.
Ohio's Data Protection Act (ORC §1354) provides an affirmative defense against client data breach lawsuits for businesses with a documented, NIST-aligned cybersecurity program. Yes, it applies to veterinary practices in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio. Most practices do not currently qualify — Securafy builds and maintains the program that gets you there.
We support Cornerstone, AVImark, ezyVet, Impromed, and other major veterinary practice management systems across Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio practices. Our monitoring and backup services are configured around your PMS to ensure clinical data availability and rapid recovery from any outage.
Veterinary practices that accept credit or debit cards must comply with PCI-DSS. Practices that handle any human PHI (referral letters, shared patient records) may have HIPAA obligations. The FTC Safeguards Rule applies to veterinary practices that offer financing or payment plans. Ohio Safe Harbor applies to all Ohio businesses subject to state breach notification law.
Veterinary practices face ransomware targeting practice management systems (AVImark, Cornerstone, eVetPractice), payment card theft through POS system breaches, phishing attacks on staff, and business email compromise. A ransomware attack on a practice management system can halt scheduling, billing, and medical record access — shutting down the practice until recovery.
Securafy protects practice management systems through Zero Trust Application Control application allowlisting preventing unauthorized applications from running alongside PMS software, encrypted backup with point-in-time recovery, network segmentation isolating POS systems in the cardholder data environment, MFA enforcement, and 24/7 SOC monitoring for anomalous access patterns.
The FTC Safeguards Rule requires financial institutions — broadly defined to include businesses offering consumer financing — to implement a written information security program. Veterinary practices that offer in-house payment plans or financing may qualify as financial institutions under this rule, requiring a written ISP, risk assessment, and technical safeguards.
Veterinary practices processing card payments need to comply with PCI-DSS by completing the appropriate Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), implementing network segmentation for card systems, ensuring card terminals are on the P2PE approved list, training staff on card security, and conducting quarterly vulnerability scans if applicable. Securafy manages PCI compliance as part of Comply-CARE.
Veterinary practices without tested, segregated backups can face 5–21 days of recovery time after ransomware, requiring complete system rebuilds and potential payment of ransom demands ranging from $50,000 to $500,000. With Securafy's Enterprise BCDR Appliance BCDR, recovery from a ransomware event is measured in hours — and Zero Trust Application Control prevents the attack from executing in the first place.
Ohio Client Proof

Ohio Client Proof: Freedom Health LLC (Aurora, Ohio)

Freedom Health — an animal health company in Aurora, Ohio — needed IT that kept pace with growth without building an internal team. Securafy delivered 99.99% uptime, PCI compliance, and proactive cost savings they didn't expect.

99.99%
Uptime
PCI
Compliant
3.89m
Avg Response
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Is Your Practice Management System Truly Protected?

A ransomware attack on your practice management system means no appointments, no records, no billing — and no revenue. A Securafy engineer will assess your clinic's IT environment and show you the exact vulnerabilities that ransomware groups target in veterinary practices.

  • Practice management system vulnerability review
  • Ransomware exposure and backup resilience check
  • Payment card security (PCI-DSS) assessment
  • Cyber insurance control documentation review
Veterinary practices · 22% average cyber insurance premium reduction for clients
Free · No Obligation · $2,500–$5,000 Value

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Veterinary Practice Case Study
"Securafy had every piece of documentation ready. Our auditor said it was the most organized program they had reviewed."
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