Large Medical Group Enables Healthcare Compliance with Illumio
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Illumio Adaptive Security Platform® (ASP)
Tech Stack
- Cloud Computing
- Data Center
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
The customer is one of the largest medical groups in the United States, with multiple regional data centers that hold healthcare information for 400,000 patients and 400 physicians. The group was facing a challenge in managing the initial scope of its network segmentation project, which had become unmanageable in terms of time, expense, and ongoing maintenance. The group's IT team was forced to focus on its core objectives: segmenting applications and segmenting people from servers and environments. The group was also planning a gradual transition to the cloud, which was another driver for the need for a robust security solution.
The Challenge
The IT team for one of the country’s largest medical groups was initially overwhelmed by the scope of its network segmentation project in terms of time, expense, and ongoing maintenance. The team had to refocus on its core objectives: segmenting applications and segmenting people from servers and environments. The team was concerned about the 5% of attacks that could potentially infiltrate their network and remain undetected for a long time, learning about their environment. They needed a solution that could limit access from day one and prevent a desktop from pinging a server.
The Solution
The customer chose Illumio ASP for an initiative to exercise internal controls to prevent lateral movement. Specifically, the solution was used to identify PHI for 400,000 patients in its environment, control what can and can’t be transmitted, and get alerts and automated lockdowns on actions that are outside of normal behavior. Illumio ASP looks at the network and infrastructure as an application and then baselines who really needs to see or access the backend layer of that infrastructure. It then takes a picture of that and allows the customer to confirm who needs to see it. It takes the visual footprint away from everyone and every device that doesn’t need to see it, and allows the customer to easily lock down communications at the server layer and even the process layer.
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