Case Study: Large Public Sector Healthcare Organization protects patients by securing millions of IoMT devices with Palo Alto Networks Medical IoT Security

Protecting patients during the pandemic by securing the Internet of Medical Things

A large U.S. public-sector healthcare organization faced millions of unsecured IoMT and IoT devices across geographically dispersed facilities, creating risks to patient care, data privacy, and network security—an issue made urgent by the COVID-19 pandemic and threats to vaccine refrigerators. The provider needed fast device discovery, risk profiling, network-communication visibility, Zero Trust controls, and a solution that would integrate with its existing Palo Alto Networks infrastructure.

Palo Alto Networks deployed Medical IoT Security integrated with Next-Generation Firewalls and Prisma Access, delivering rapid device discovery and profiling, device-based Zero Trust enforcement, and custom dashboard integrations (including ACL views) within a ten-month rollout. The deployment revealed tens of thousands of device vulnerabilities, improved HIPAA compliance visibility, simplified operations, and strengthened protection for patients, medical devices, and sensitive data.