Case Study: Northern Health and Social Care Trust achieves real-time network visibility and endpoint control with ForeScout CounterACT

Northern Health and Social Care Trust - Customer Case Study

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust, the largest Trust in Northern Ireland serving about 460,000 people across 150+ rural sites with roughly 15,000 network endpoints, faced limited visibility and control over a growing number of unmanaged devices—such as medical equipment, clinical engineering systems and building‑management systems—posing ICT security and governance risks that could impact patient care.

The Trust deployed ForeScout CounterACT (agentless, no endpoint software required) with professional services from Foursys and piloted the solution at Antrim Hospital. CounterACT delivered real‑time identification and continuous risk assessment of managed and unmanaged devices, automated policy enforcement and faster incident remediation, resulting in comprehensive visibility of ~15,000 endpoints, simpler compliance reporting (e.g., Information Governance, ISO 27001) and more secure, uninterrupted delivery of critical health and social care services.

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Pat Black

ICT Network & Security Manager