Case Study: National Health Service (NHS) Trust achieves zero-trust protection and secure remote access for 10,000+ users with iboss

Sizeable Healthcare Organization Within the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS)

The National Health Service (NHS) Trust — a large London-based arm of the National Health Service (NHS) employing more than 14,500 staff and serving over one million patients annually — faced escalating cyber risk from rapid digitalization, widespread IoT and medical device connectivity, and a growing remote workforce while needing to comply with the NHS Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT). To address ransomware, frequent targeted attacks and broader perimeter weaknesses, the Trust engaged iboss to deliver zero‑trust network security via on‑premise and cloud network security solutions.

iboss deployed an on‑premise zero‑trust architecture in 2015 and later moved the Trust to its cloud network security fabric and hybrid model, extending policy enforcement to on‑site medical/IoT equipment and remote devices. As a result, iboss now protects over 10,000 users and roughly 14,000 devices, prevents about 3.9 million threats weekly, helped the Trust meet DSPT and National Data Guardian standards (including PDNS requirements), shielded the organisation from the 2017 WannaCry impact, and enabled secure, high‑performance remote working through the COVID‑19 pandemic.

National Health Service (NHS)