Apple’s entry into digital healthcare places a new burden on the iPhone-maker’s data-protection mechanisms at a time when corporate America is reeling from high-profile security breaches.

With congressional attention at a fever pitch, the stakes have never been higher. The recent scandal involving now-defunct Cambridge Analytica’s improper harvesting of Facebook user data culminated in an appearance by the social network’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, before two congressional committees last month.