Key takeaways

Open enrollment compresses peak member traffic and heightened attacker activity into the same narrow window, putting added pressure on payer infrastructure and security teams.

Readiness requires protection from edge to core, including traffic management, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and bot defense, API security, microsegmentation, and application security posture management.

The work should begin well before enrollment opens so teams have time to assess, implement, test, and close gaps before traffic and attack volume increase.

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