Case Study: Regional Health Provider prevents data breaches and improves patient care with Forcepoint

Hospital Immunizes Against Data Breaches While Improving Patient Care

This 200-bed regional acute-care hospital serving counties in Mississippi and Tennessee prioritized patient satisfaction but faced a growing cybersecurity risk: staff-focused social engineering and accidental exposure of highly sensitive medical and credential data. Fully locking down web or email use wasn’t feasible without interfering with patient care, so the organization needed a human-centric, holistic approach to stop phishing, spam and data leakage while preserving clinical workflows.

The hospital deployed Forcepoint Web Security, Email Security and Data Loss Prevention with customizable policies, external email labeling, automated spam and foreign-server blocking, and in-product coaching to educate users. The integrated solution blocked malware and risky content, encrypted or flagged unsecured sensitive data, and alerted admins to leaks—resulting in 87% of email identified as spam before delivery, avoidance of a malware outbreak affecting peers, and measurable improvements in staff resistance to social engineering.