Sizeable Healthcare Organization Within the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS)

Overview

NHS Trusts are healthcare organisations which operate within the National Health Services, providing crucial healthcare services to people within their respective geographical catchment areas. In the UK there are currently more than 200 trusts, which employ around 800,000 of the NHS's 1.2 million total staff. iboss works with a number of healthcare organisations in the UK, helping to secure their critical information, and protect patient care. This includes one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK, which employs more than 14,500 staff and provides specialist healthcare to over one million people a year in London. The Trust's hospitals have a long track record in research and education, influencing care and treatment nationally and worldwide.

Large NHS Trust in London's Challenge

The healthcare industry continues to accelerate at pace in its digitalization, automation and Internet of Things (IoT) adoption. Latest figures predict the global IoT healthcare market to reach over $606 billion by 2028 as a greater number of medical devices are connected daily for tasks such as data collection, monitoring electronic health records and research purposes. The entire ecosystem of connected healthcare IoT systems also includes physical security like CCTV cameras or critical building management systems such as HVAC and lifts.

With digitalization comes big benefits from improved efficiency, reduced workloads, and greater flexibility for healthcare providers to operate wherever and whenever; all of which leads to better patient care. NHS Trust's now often have large remote workforces in operation. However, interconnected healthcare environments can be extremely complex for Heads of IT to secure and manage. Connecting legacy medical operating systems to the network for the first time, often developed without cybersecurity in mind, presents unique security challenges.

UK healthcare organizations experience around 785 cyberattacks a week as healthcare systems and medical devices are often a potentially easy entry point for cybercriminals. One of the biggest and most dangerous risks to the sector is ransomware attacks, such as we saw with the 2017 WannaCry incident and the attack on NHS 111 in 2022.

Large NHS Trust in London's iboss Solution

iboss creates and operates one of the largest multi award-winning cloud network security fabrics on earth. A scalable, global service which brings zero trust edge security to organizations for unrivalled network security and peace of mind, regardless of where users operate.

The Trust approached iboss in 2015, initially deploying the iboss on-premise, zero trust security solution for superior cybersecurity protection for its extensive range of on-site medical equipment, IoT devices and servers across all of its hospitals. However, the Trust's IT security requirements have since evolved. Many of its growing workforce now require remote access to the hospital's IT network, which was accelerated further by the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2019 iboss introduced to the Trust a cloud network security solution, as well as adopting a zero-trust security system and operating model, putting the Trust in a strong position to handle the demands of the pandemic.

iboss now protects over 10,000 of the Trust's users with employees now able to work from anywhere with ultra-fast and secure connections to all cloud applications. iboss helps the Trust meet the criteria of the DSPT and the National Data Guardian's 10 data security standards.

Key Results for Large NHS Trust in London

Protection for over 10,000 Trust users with ultra-fast cloud connections
Prevention of 3.9 million threats weekly with comprehensive monitoring
Shielded from 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack through proactive measures
Seamless adaptation to COVID-19 remote working requirements
DSPT compliance and National Data Guardian's 10 data security standards
Hybrid cybersecurity model protecting both on-site and remote devices

Highlights

Having supported the Trust since 2015, iboss now protects over 10,000 of the Trust's users
The hospital's static, on-site medical and IoT equipment remains protected under iboss' advanced, on-premise security architect
Now every connected device, both within the hospital's premises and beyond, has advanced online protection under iboss' hybrid cybersecurity model
iboss helps the Trust meet the criteria of the DPST and the National Data Guardian's 10 data security standards
The Trust was shielded from the 2017 WannaCry ransomware attack thanks to iboss' proactive security measures
During the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, thanks to its use of iboss' scalable solution, which provides super-fast connection speeds and remote device online protection, the Trust was well placed to accommodate the sudden shift to home working

Sizeable Healthcare Organization Within the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS)