Rampant confusion affects the security of medical devices and healthcare networks

ForeScout CounterACT solution can improve your healthcare organisation’s security and regulatory compliance

Published October 2016

Healthcare IT and clinical engineering teams are responsible for both enabling and securing all the clinical technology that healthcare providers rely on as they interact with and care for their patients. They need to ensure the technology functions as it should, and that the data of patients, providers and the organisation is protected from loss and cyber incidents—especially data that is subject to breach notification rules. Given the complexity of the IT environment and the regulatory landscape within healthcare, this is far from a straightforward task.