Case Study: NHS Scotland achieves secure, scalable protection of vital health data with Check Point Software

NHS Scotland Ensures Security of Vital Health Data With Check Point

NHS Scotland’s National Services for Scotland supports the country’s health system and 140,000 staff, and faced a growing challenge: patient health data moved to the public cloud and increased tenfold, requiring strong threat prevention, full visibility of who accessed sensitive records, and a hyperscalable solution that didn’t need constant manual reconfiguration—especially after experiencing disruption from the WannaCry ransomware outbreak.

NHS Scotland deployed Check Point CloudGuard IaaS with Quantum Maestro, SandBlast Zero-Day Protection, Harmony Endpoint and CloudGuard Network Security in a hub-and-spoke model, integrated with its SIEM. The implementation delivered real-time visibility, seamless SIEM integration, automated hyperscaling, stronger zero-day and malware protection, and helped ensure GDPR and national compliance—giving the organization confidence that its cloud-based health data is secure.

NHS Scotland

Deryck Mitchelson

Chief Information Security Officer