"Spare Tire" Ensures Rapid Resilience During Cyberattacks and System Outages
NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / August 5, 2025 / Tackling healthcare's cybersecurity crisis head-on, ShelterZoom, a leader in unmatched cyber resilience and digital ownership technology, has launched Spare Tire, a next-generation software that provides uninterrupted healthcare operations through a live, continuously syncing backup system for Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems during cyberattacks or planned downtimes, all delivered in a flexible, pay-as-you-need model. Spare Tire's on-demand model enables healthcare systems to activate real-time EHR downtime resilience within minutes, without any upfront infrastructure or long implementation cycles. "The need for this new technology is as great as it is urgent," said ShelterZoom CEO and co-founder Chao Cheng-Shorland. Ransomware attacks, for example, hit a record in Q1 2025, revealed a BlackFog report, with healthcare being "one of the top three targeted industries." And a December 2024 U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services report identified 677 major health data breaches affecting more than 182.4 million people during 2024.
Spare Tire: Unmatched Capabilities for Evolving Cybersecurity Threats
Spare Tire ensures uninterrupted care operations and access to critical EHR systems during cyber incidents, system failures and planned outages, providing seamless business continuity while synchronizing downtime data back into the primary system upon restoration. Unlike traditional disaster recovery and business continuity solutions that rely on pen and paper or static backups, Spare Tire will allow hospitals and healthcare facilities to remain fully operational in real-time, using a living and breathing backup system to ensure true continuity.
Key Spare Tire Benefits
On-demand & consumption model for ransomware resiliency, EHR downtime & business continuity
Activate Spare Tire instantly during cyberattacks, outages or system failures
Flexible tiers of integration depending on hospital readiness: emergency use (no setup needed), simple setup & full integration built for simplicity
Rapid activation while EHR is down
Live, breathing backup system - not static disaster recovery
Maintain full clinical workflows and documentation during downtime, with automatic reintegration of all data once systems are restored
Protecting Patient Care and Safety
"This concerns not just dollars and cents for healthcare organizations, but threats to the care and well-being of healthcare patients," explained Cheng-Shorland. "Spare Tire is a robust technology carefully designed to mitigate a massive problem."
Healthcare Leaders Welcome Spare Tire Amid Rising Cybersecurity Challenges
"Cyberattacks don't wait for convenient times and neither do emergencies in a hospital setting," said Dr. Ayman Farid, a cardiologist at NYU Langone. "Spare Tire's ability to restore full access to records and workflows in real time is a game-changer for both clinicians and
patients."
Mary Masucci, a retired Director/Nurse Manager from Northwell Health, echoed the sentiment: "In my 40 years as a nurse, nothing disrupted care more than EHR downtime. It adds stress, risks and delays when we can least afford them. A system like Spare Tire will be a lifeline."
Get a Firsthand Look
Healthcare leaders interested in evaluating the power of Spare Tire can now sign up for a no-cost, passive-use trial that lets organizations explore Spare Tire's functionality, performance and interface in real time, without impacting existing systems. Experience the benefits before
deployment and see how Spare Tire fits into your cyber resilience strategy.
About Spare Tire Corp.
Spare Tire, created by ShelterZoom as a wholly owned subsidiary on July 1, 2025, was established to ensure continuous access to EHRs and uninterrupted operations in the face of cyberattacks, system failures or planned outages. With a mission to make always-on continuity
an indispensable standard across every healthcare organization, Spare Tire introduces a new category of real-time resilience. Unlike traditional disaster recovery methods, Spare Tire delivers a live, intelligent backup system that keeps hospitals fully functional and automatically
syncs data once primary systems are restored. It's a use-only-when-needed, pay-only-when-used solution built for the real-world pressures of modern care delivery.
About ShelterZoom
ShelterZoom is a deep tech company and multi-category innovator in cybersecurity, digital content ownership and business continuity. With nearly 80 patents and trademarks in its portfolio, ShelterZoom is redefining data ownership, tracking and protection. Recognized by Gartner® as a market leader for three consecutive years (2022-2024), ShelterZoom continues to shape the future of digital resilience. From inventing document tokens and Single Source of Truth® (SSOT) technology to building Spare Tire, a life-saving solution for healthcare EHR downtime, and developing safeguards against AI manipulation, ShelterZoom is creating platforms and solutions that are shaping the future of data ownership, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and the next generation of the internet.
Contact:
Gabby Wright
PRforShelterZoom@bospar.com
SOURCE: ShelterZoom Corp.
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