Case Study: Interfaith Medical Center achieves zero-trust micro-segmentation to reduce security threats and improve patient safety with Extreme Networks

ExtremeControl Enables “Zero Trust,” Micro-Segmented Network to to Reduce Security Threats at Interfaith Medical Center

Interfaith Medical Center, a 287‑bed not‑for‑profit hospital in Brooklyn with 1,500 employees and roughly 4,000 networked devices, faced growing management and security challenges as medical and IoT devices multiplied on its network. Concerned about ransomware and patient safety, the hospital sought a zero trust, segmented network and partnered with Extreme Networks, deploying ExtremeSwitching, ExtremeManagement, ExtremeControl (NAC) and Extreme Intrusion Prevention System (IPS).

Extreme Networks implemented micro‑segmentation and access control using ExtremeControl and its switching/management suite, creating policies that effectively put each PC into its own segment and limited lateral movement. The solution was deployed in about one week, protected several thousand devices, nearly eliminated wireless latency, improved overall network performance, strengthened device and patient security, and made day‑to‑day network management simpler and more cost‑effective.

Interfaith Medical Center

Christopher Frenz

Assistant Vice President of Information Security and Infrastructure