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	Protecting Patient Data in the Cloud: A Healthcare Case Study

Protecting Patient Data in the Cloud: A Healthcare Case Study

Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Facility Management
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Cybersecurity Services System Integration
Challenge	Jefferson Radiology needed to meet regulatory requirements to adequately protect patient data and prove HIPAA and HITECH compliance within their virtual data centers. The challenge was to maintain HIPAA compliance while adopting cloud solutions, ensuring that patient data is protected and compliant with HIPAA and HITECH. They struggled with expensive, manual processes to provide the evidence necessary to prove compliance and protect patient data. Additionally, they faced difficulties in managing and auditing their virtual environment, particularly with net flow visibility within the switches. Read More
About Customer	Jefferson Radiology is a private radiology company with 10 outpatient centers and provides radiology services to 8 hospitals. They rely heavily on technology to maintain a competitive advantage. Their environment is 90-percent virtual, spread across two data centers, and built with specific security considerations to ensure patient data protection and compliance with HIPAA and HITECH. In 2012, they began using Catbird for virtualization threat management to meet regulatory security requirements and prove compliance. Their data centers are based on VMware, with a mix of standard and distributed switches, integrating with VMware’s virtual network infrastructure for centralized management. Read More
Solution	Catbird enables segmentation with TrustZones, policy enforcement, and net flow visibility. With Catbird, Jefferson Radiology can strictly control access to patient data and mitigate any breach or policy violation. Catbird is a 100 percent software solution deployed on virtual and cloud infrastructure. It provides multiple security controls required for HIPAA compliance, maps those controls to the HIPAA framework, enforces HIPAA policy, provides real-time visibility to compliance status and net flow, and delivers audit-ready reports. Catbird integrates with VMware’s virtual network infrastructure, providing centralized management and net flow visibility into one console, validating what is being sent over the network. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - API Integration & Management

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Security Compliance

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Facility Management

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Cybersecurity Services

System Integration

Challenge

Jefferson Radiology needed to meet regulatory requirements to adequately protect patient data and prove HIPAA and HITECH compliance within their virtual data centers. The challenge was to maintain HIPAA compliance while adopting cloud solutions, ensuring that patient data is protected and compliant with HIPAA and HITECH. They struggled with expensive, manual processes to provide the evidence necessary to prove compliance and protect patient data. Additionally, they faced difficulties in managing and auditing their virtual environment, particularly with net flow visibility within the switches.

About Customer

Jefferson Radiology is a private radiology company with 10 outpatient centers and provides radiology services to 8 hospitals. They rely heavily on technology to maintain a competitive advantage. Their environment is 90-percent virtual, spread across two data centers, and built with specific security considerations to ensure patient data protection and compliance with HIPAA and HITECH. In 2012, they began using Catbird for virtualization threat management to meet regulatory security requirements and prove compliance. Their data centers are based on VMware, with a mix of standard and distributed switches, integrating with VMware’s virtual network infrastructure for centralized management.

Solution

Catbird enables segmentation with TrustZones, policy enforcement, and net flow visibility. With Catbird, Jefferson Radiology can strictly control access to patient data and mitigate any breach or policy violation. Catbird is a 100 percent software solution deployed on virtual and cloud infrastructure. It provides multiple security controls required for HIPAA compliance, maps those controls to the HIPAA framework, enforces HIPAA policy, provides real-time visibility to compliance status and net flow, and delivers audit-ready reports. Catbird integrates with VMware’s virtual network infrastructure, providing centralized management and net flow visibility into one console, validating what is being sent over the network.

Impact #1	Catbird provides logical segmentation via TrustZones, allowing Jefferson Radiology to create logical groups of assets and enforce policies.
Impact #2	The solution offers perfect inventory of virtual assets, ensuring that all assets are accounted for and managed effectively.
Impact #3	Dynamic firewall control updates and enforcement of security policies with continuous monitoring, alerts, mitigation, and quarantine.

Impact #1

Catbird provides logical segmentation via TrustZones, allowing Jefferson Radiology to create logical groups of assets and enforce policies.

Impact #2

The solution offers perfect inventory of virtual assets, ensuring that all assets are accounted for and managed effectively.

Impact #3

Dynamic firewall control updates and enforcement of security policies with continuous monitoring, alerts, mitigation, and quarantine.

Benefit #1	Jefferson Radiology's environment is 90-percent virtual, spread across two data centers.
Benefit #2	Catbird provides real-time visibility to compliance status and net flow, ensuring continuous monitoring and compliance.
Benefit #3	The solution integrates with VMware’s virtual network infrastructure, providing centralized management and net flow visibility into one console.

Benefit #1

Jefferson Radiology's environment is 90-percent virtual, spread across two data centers.

Benefit #2

Catbird provides real-time visibility to compliance status and net flow, ensuring continuous monitoring and compliance.

Benefit #3

The solution integrates with VMware’s virtual network infrastructure, providing centralized management and net flow visibility into one console.

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