Case Study: BayCare Health System achieves rapid protection and system-wide visibility for 33,000+ IoT/IoMT devices with Palo Alto Networks IoT Security

BayCare’s Prescription for Protecting Healthcare IoT

BayCare Health System, a major not-for-profit Florida healthcare provider with 15 hospitals and more than 25,000 employees, faced the challenge of securing thousands of networked medical and IoT devices—many running legacy, unpatchable operating systems—without disrupting patient care. The security team needed an agentless, passive, manufacturer- and OS-agnostic solution to gain visibility into device behavior and protect against cyberattacks and downtime.

BayCare implemented Palo Alto Networks IoT Security (formerly Zingbox) in a proof of concept and discovered thousands of unknown devices within hours, then rolled the solution out to all hospitals in three weeks. The platform now monitors 33,000+ devices, provides categorized high-severity alerts and 24/7 monitoring, enables faster targeted responses, and has markedly improved the organization’s IoT/IoMT visibility, protection, and security posture.

BayCare Health System

Ralph Oliva

Manager of Medical Device Integration and Security