Watch Guard

In a move to reduce costs, the National Health Service (NHS) organizations began moving from leased lines to N3, a national DSL-based IP network, providing redundancy to 18,000 NHS sites. With confidential patient information being transported over public and shared Internet connections the NHS sought to implement a new solution to protect user data and meet industry compliance requirements.

St. Helens and Knowsley Health Informatics Service (HIS) serves about 12,000 users. In the wake of widely publicized breaches, government organizations throughout the U.K. face new mandates to protect private data. This case study describes how the HIS met requirements for securing data‐in‐motion by chooshing an Extensible Content Security (XCS) appliance from WatchGuard.

To serve patients across multiple locations Neibauer Dental Care required a new approach to networking as well. They turned to Ntiva Technologies, a network services and consultancy firm. Ntiva showed them how a VPN solution built around WatchGuard devices could protect patient privacy, add layers of redundancy to protect their business, centralize access to patient records – and save more than a million dollars in just one year. Download this case study for more details.

Midwest Eye Consultants (MWEC) operates 22 primary care offices, three surgical facilities, an optical lab, and a nursing home division throughout Indiana, offering optometry services, ophthalmological care, and eye surgeries. Having confidential patient means the company is subject to HIPAA regulations for data security and integrity.