Case Study: St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services strengthens patient data security with Palo Alto Networks Traps

End-to-End Security Prevents Cyberthreats From Disrupting Health Services and Exploiting Patient Records

St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services, the largest independent mental health provider in Ireland, faced the challenge of securing private patient records against sophisticated cyberthreats. Their complex legacy security infrastructure lacked visibility and control, making it difficult to manage data sharing on unauthorized public clouds and secure remote user access. To address this, they turned to Palo Alto Networks and its Security Operating Platform, utilizing products like next-generation firewalls, Traps endpoint protection, and GlobalProtect.

The Palo Alto Networks solution consolidated multiple security functions into a single, integrated platform. This provided granular control over network traffic, blocked malware outbreaks with Traps, and simplified secure remote access with GlobalProtect. The implementation eliminated malware and ransomware incidents, saved many hours per week in management time, and freed up IT resources to focus on projects that better serve patients.

St. Patrick’s Mental Health Services

Ronan Devins

Head of IT