Case Study: U.S. Regional Healthcare Providing Company achieves HIPAA compliance and fast failover with Ixia Security Fabric

Healthcare Provider Eliminates $1.5 Million in HIPAA Compliance Fines with Ixia Security Fabric

U.S. Regional Healthcare Providing Company, a large healthcare provider operating more than 300 hospitals and surgery centers, needed to upgrade its security infrastructure to meet HIPAA requirements and avoid costly compliance penalties. The company also wanted to improve visibility into traffic, protect patient data, and maintain high network availability while adding a next-generation firewall and other inline security tools. Ixia helped address these challenges with its Security Fabric, including inline network packet brokers and iBypass inline bypass switches.

Ixia’s solution provided load balancing, intelligent traffic filtering, and active-active failover to keep security appliances running efficiently without disrupting network traffic. The deployment achieved HIPAA compliance, zero packet loss for inline security appliances, and the fastest failover among tested options, helping the organization eliminate $1.5 million in annual fines and improve future scalability and uptime.