MDR for Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences

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Smarttech247 secures research data, lab environments, and manufacturing OT with 24/7 SOC coverage, HIPAA and GDPR aligned compliance support, and detection built around the reality that pharma is targeted for its IP, not just its data.

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OUR PHARMA CREDENTIALS

Coverage and Compliance Built for Pharma and Life Sciences

Round-the-clock monitoring, alignment to GDPR and HIPAA, and support for FDA regulatory expectations, built into how we operate for pharma and life sciences clients from day one.

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By now, most organisations have already
suffered significant business impact.
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Cybersecurity Risks That Pharmaceutical Companies Must Address

Discover the key cybersecurity threats facing pharmaceutical firms and how to protect sensitive data, intellectual property, supply chains and operations.
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Know your GDPR and HIPAA Reporting Obligations

Select the frameworks your organisation is accountable to. See where they overlap, your strictest deadline, and what one unified programme saves you.
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Report to your supervisory authority when a cyber incident exposes clinical trial data or patient records.
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PHARMA THREAT LANDSCAPE

Why Pharma is a Target

Pharma firms sit at the intersection of science, health, and commerce, holding some of the most sensitive data in the world. Attackers aren't just after data, they're after leverage, disruption, and strategic advantage.
Threat pattern
Decades of R&D investment behind new drugs and treatments makes research data a high-value target for both criminal and nation-state actors.
Why it matters
A single compromised MFT platform can expose transaction data and customer records across every connected institution, not just one.
Threat pattern
Complex supply chains, CROs, labs, and logistics partners create dependencies where a weakness in one link compromises the rest.
Why it matters
Your security posture is only as strong as your least-secured contract research organisation or vendor.
Threat pattern
Legacy lab and manufacturing OT increasingly connects to core IT networks, and that equipment wasn't built with security in mind.
Why it matters
A compromised lab system or piece of manufacturing OT can become the way into the entire network.
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Alexandru Sandu
Director of the SOC
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Chief Technology Officer
HOW WE HELP

Our MDR for Pharma Capability

Analyst-led, not a black box. Direct access to experts who understand your systems during an investigation.

MDR for OT

Lab equipment and manufacturing systems increasingly connect to your core network, and were never built with cybersecurity in mind. We integrate directly with the platforms that run them.
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Threat Intel

We track the ransomware groups and nation-state actors who target pharma specifically for its research data, and feed it straight into your detection rules.
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IP theft actors

Compliance

GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 obligations sit across research, clinical, and manufacturing environments, not just head office. We help you evidence readiness across the group.
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ISO 27001
PHARMA AND LIFE SCIENCES RESEARCH AND DISCUSSIONS

Explore More Pharma and Life Sciences Resources

Whether your organisation's assets are stored in the cloud, on-premises, or in a hybrid environment, we detect and contain cyber threats that other MDR providers miss.
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Supply Chain and 3rd Party

Supply Chain & Third-Party Risk: Managing Hidden Cybersecurity

How CRO, lab, and vendor dependencies create hidden risk across a pharma supply chain, and what to do about it before it becomes an incident.
BUILT FOR YOUR INDUSTRY

Explore More Industries We Protect

Strengthen resilience with security expertise and protection aligned to the unique risks and regulatory demands of your industry.

Healthcare

Hospitals, labs, pharma
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Education

Universities and research
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Aviation

Airlines, rail, ports
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Financial Services

Banks, payments
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Retail & Ecommerce

Business and 3rd party
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Manufacturing

Critical goods, OT
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Transport and Logistics

Postal, freight, public service
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CYBERSECURITY FOR PHARMA AND LIFE SCIENCES FAQs

Common Questions We Hear Hear

What compliance evidence does Smarttech247 provide for FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and ISO 27001 audits?

We provide audit-ready reporting with clear timelines and defensible evidence packs mapped to FDA 21 CFR Part 11, ISO 27001, and GDPR, built for QA, CSV, and regulatory teams rather than a generic security audit trail. This means the evidence a regulator or auditor asks for is already structured in the format they expect, not assembled after the fact.

How does Smarttech247 manage third-party and supply chain risk across CDMOs, CMOs, and CROs?

CDMOs, CMOs, CROs, and contract labs all extend your attack surface into partners you do not directly control. Our Risk Hub monitors external access from these third parties, flags vulnerabilities, and tracks remediation, so a compromised partner connection is visible and contained rather than an unmonitored route into your environment.

Can Smarttech247 monitor MES, SCADA, and PLC systems without disrupting validated manufacturing processes?

Yes. Our analysts bring GxP context to pharma manufacturing environments, distinguishing routine validated system changes from genuinely suspicious behaviour on MES, SCADA, and PLC systems. This means false positives do not disrupt QA teams or trigger unnecessary validation reviews, while real threats to production continuity are escalated and contained quickly.

How does VisionX support ALCOA+ and clinical data integrity requirements?

Maintaining ALCOA+ standards means every action on trial data and regulated records must be attributable, legible, contemporaneous, original, and accurate, and auditable on demand. VisionX captures who did what, when, and why across your clinical and research systems, so that evidence is already in place when auditors or regulators ask for it.

How does Smarttech247 protect pharmaceutical R&D and intellectual property from espionage?

Formulas, sequences, assays, and research protocols are prime targets for state-sponsored espionage and IP theft. Smarttech247 MDR classifies and monitors sensitive research data specifically, so unusual access to R&D systems is flagged and investigated with pharma context, not treated as generic file activity.

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