Case Study: Vidant Health achieves automated threat detection and remediation with McAfee

Vidant Health Shifts from Security Alert Overload to Automated Detection and Correction

Vidant Health, a regional healthcare provider in North Carolina, was overwhelmed by security alert fatigue, limited staff, and growing cryptomalware risk across 13,000 endpoints and 80 locations. The small security team needed a faster way to detect and respond to threats while staying focused on patient care and core operations. McAfee provided the integrated security foundation, including McAfee Enterprise Security Manager, Advanced Correlation Engine, Advanced Threat Defense, Threat Intelligence Exchange, and endpoint protection tools.

McAfee implemented an automated, connected security ecosystem that shared threat intelligence across endpoints, gateways, and SIEM, enabling rapid identification, quarantine, and remediation of infected devices. Vidant Health reported catching malware like Cryptowall variants almost immediately, automatically quarantining patient zero, and pushing remediation to legacy systems through McAfee ePO. The company said the solution paid for itself within six months through time and productivity savings, while also allowing the team to reduce firefighting and focus on higher-value work.

Vidant Health

Kirk Davis

Director of Information Security