Case Study: Cancer Treatment Facility achieves secure private web access and patient-data protection with Proofpoint Browser Isolation

Proofpoint Browser Isolation Enables Private Web Access while Strengthening Security

This leading cancer treatment facility — with more than 30 years of care, 10 treatment centers and partnerships with top institutions — needed to balance staff access to personal web and email with strict protections for confidential patient data and regulatory compliance. After employee complaints over restricted browsing and a near-miss malware incident from a personal Yahoo account (and with statewide ransomware risks fresh in mind), the IT team had to stop targeted phishing and malware attacks while restoring convenient, private web access and improving productivity.

The organization deployed Proofpoint’s suite (Enterprise Protection, Email Fraud Defense, Targeted Attack Protection with Threat Response Auto Pull, plus Browser and Email Isolation) to route personal traffic into a virtual container that inspects and sanitizes sites and email, blocks risky actions, and prevents unsafe navigation. As a result, employees can safely access personal web-based email and browse without jeopardizing patient data, phishing and malware attacks were virtually eliminated, user productivity improved, and weekly investigations fell from 15–20 to near zero.