Helped Large Healthcare Organization Identify and Secure Medical Devices Across the Enterprise Network
Client Profile
- $5 billion healthcare system
- 8 hospitals, 3375 beds
- 155 outpatient sites
- 5000 physicians, 33,000 employees
CHALLENGE
- Large Midwest Healthcare Provider had challenges identifying and securing medical devices located across the enterprise network
- Medical Devices are becoming a target for threat actors and are notoriously difficult and/or expensive to upgrade
SOLUTION
- Implemented Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) solution to identify and inventory medical device environment
- Developed network segmentation strategy to reduce attack surface of medical device environment
- Developed processes to manage and secure devices over time
BENEFIT
- Built real-time and accurate inventory of medical devices to quickly located devices across hospitals, notifications to perform maintenance, and understand cyber risk landscape
- Evaluated network traffic of devices to deploy network segmentation, avoiding expensive device upgrades and secure crown jewel assets
- Allow management to identify crown jewel assets to determine where to prioritize investment of technologies
- Pushed out upgrade cycle of devices out 2-3 years that are operating effectively and now secured through mitigating controls