Health First

Industry: Healthcare

Location: United States

Products used: Web Security Gateway

Health First Safely Supports Business Use of Web 2.0 with Websense

 

Web 2.0 has quickly diminished the effectiveness of traditional security solutions like signature-based antivirus and traditional URL filtering, because it’s dynamic and constantly changing.

Frank Waszmer, Information Security Architect, Health First

Challenge

  • Health First needed to successfully defend more than 6,000 internet-connected devices from the latest web threats, while still allowing their employees to use the internet for business purposes.
  • Leaders at Health First realized that web 2.0 has the potential to offer new ways to communicate with patients, employees, and potential new patients.
  • They needed to open access, while protecting sensitive patient data and the integrity of the organization.
  • Staff worried that opening access without the right security, policies, and planning could be disastrous, because web 2.0 sites are a top target of cybercriminals and a major source of data loss if not managed properly.

 

Solution

  • Health First implemented Websense Web Security Gateway, which allowed their IT staff to set granular, flexible internet usage policies for devices, as well as specific users and groups.

 

Results

  • With Websense Web Security Gateway, Health First safely enables their marketing team to use web 2.0 sites like YouTube and Facebook.
  • Nurses and doctors now securely access cloud-based patient care applications. Health First sets web-use policies for users, groups, and devices.
  • Websense Web Security Gateway protects Health First from the latest web threats.