Case Study: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center strengthens data security and speeds logon investigations with Microsoft SQL Server 2014

Strengthening Data Security and Creating More Time for Patient Care

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center faced a challenge where its security event monitoring system was too slow, taking up to an hour to run reports on failed login attempts. This delay hindered the IT team's ability to quickly determine if issues were simple mistakes or potential cyberattacks, threatening both physician productivity and patient data security. Microsoft provided a solution using Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Enterprise with its In-Memory OLTP and columnstore features to dramatically accelerate data processing.

By implementing Microsoft's solution, the hospital cut query times by 75%, from 45 seconds down to 10 seconds. The data update process was reduced from an hour to just seconds, enabling near real-time security monitoring. This allowed IT to identify and stop potential data breaches in seconds and provided staff with better tools for analysis. The result was a more secure environment and more time for physicians to focus on patient care.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Ayad Shammout

Director of Data Platform & Business Intelligence