Case Study: Community Health Center achieves end-to-end protection of patient health information with Fortinet

Community Health Center Protects Patient Health Information with End-to-End Security Solution from Fortinet & Security7

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) is a Connecticut-based nonprofit that provides primary care, dental, and behavioral health services to over 130,000 patients across roughly 250 locations. CHC faced aging, fragmented IT infrastructure, limited staffing and budget, slow network performance, and growing regulatory and security pressures to protect patient health information from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.

CHC engaged Security7 and deployed a consolidated Fortinet solution (FortiGate appliances, FortiAnalyzer, managed services and upgraded network links), replacing multiple legacy stacks with a single, centrally managed platform. The result: simplified administration and 24/7 managed detection, faster application performance with encrypted VPN/IPsec traffic, reduced costs, improved uptime and security, and a scalable foundation for future enhancements like internal segmentation and sandboxing.

Community Health Center

Edward Bianco

Chief Information Officer