Case Study: Prairie North Health Region achieves 25% vulnerability reduction and frees up IT resources with Rapid7 Nexpose

Prairie North Regional Health Authority Uses Automated Security Reporting to Free Up Resources

Prairie North Regional Health Authority (PNRHA), a Saskatchewan healthcare organization supporting about 2,500 users across 100+ servers, 1,500+ desktops and two major data centers, needed better visibility and reporting to meet HIPA compliance and manage vulnerabilities with a small security team. Lacking automated reports and facing lengthy weekend remediation efforts, the organization needed a more efficient way to prioritize and demonstrate security improvements.

By deploying Rapid7 Nexpose Enterprise with VMware integration and automated scans/reports, PNRHA began using Top 10 riskiest-assets reporting to focus remediation on the highest priorities. Over three months they reduced vulnerabilities by 25%, cut remediation labor from seven people working five hours on weekends to two people working an hour, and achieved significant cost savings while freeing staff to focus on other security work.

Prairie North Health Region

Jarvis Meier

Senior Security Analyst