Healthcare Intrusion Prevention Solutions - Including HIPAA Compliance

Healthcare Organizations are able to transfer critical patient knowledge and medical information more rapidly and efficiently using the Internet. Information can be shared globally in an instance to promote faster response times to address patient needs. However, the ubiquitous nature of the Internet also creates new opportunities for cyber crime activities, that target the core infrastructure element for successful online healthcare initiatives, the server infrastructure that stores confidential data.

As the healthcare industry relies more heavily on new Web infrastructure to streamline patient services, the Federal Government has stepped in to establish several regulations, namely HIPAA, that impact the security infrastructure necessary to deliver the right protection. Healthcare organizations are faced with the challenge to increase availability of information online, while balancing the security concerns associated with shifting online operations to a more open model that must ensure confidentiality, integrity, and accountability.

In addition, more medical devices, like MRI machines, are controlled through commercially available operating systems and made available online for networked operation and integration with monitoring and reporting tools. This creates a serious problem for security administrators - the practical difficulties of patch management procedures for those systems while remaining within the strict FDA guidelines on changes made to medical instrumentation. The end result, too many systems remain vulnerable for too long.

In an age when malicious attackers have easy access to sophisticated attack tools, healthcare IT administrators are faced with the challenge of increasing information availability without compromising security.

Securing critical IT infrastructure by preventing undesired access, protecting against malicious content that exposes private data, and rate-based attacks that can be employed for extortion purposes, are all key considerations in working towards fulfilling government compliance and patient expectations.

Top Layer is the leader for network Intrusion Prevention System security solutions for healthcare organizations. The IPS 5500 delivers the right protection, performance, and reliability to provide healthcare organizations the confidence to ensure complete privacy of patient data infrastructure while providing proper availability.

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