Case Study: Fisher-Titus Medical Center achieves medical-device protection and zero-day threat prevention with Palo Alto Networks

Technology-Savvy Rural Hospital Outsmarts Cybercriminals With Intelligent Prevention of Malicious Exploits

Fisher-Titus Medical Center is a technology-forward, non-profit community hospital serving North Central Ohio that faced growing cyber risk from aging medical devices, increasing zero-day attacks, and an expanding network footprint. With legacy Juniper firewalls reaching end-of-life, the center needed to prevent unauthorized access to life‑critical devices and stop malware from disrupting patient care and business services.

Fisher‑Titus deployed the Palo Alto Networks Next‑Generation Security Platform—multiple PA appliances plus Threat Prevention, URL Filtering, WildFire, Panorama and Premium Support—to gain deep visibility and enforce user- and application-specific policies. The solution closed device back doors, automatically blocked known and unknown exploits, improved network performance, consolidated security (avoiding significant upgrade costs), and simplified policy management, resulting in prevented unauthorized access, smoother traffic flow, and faster threat response.

Fisher Titus Medical Center

Dylan Border

Project Engineer