Case Study: Southern Nevada Health District achieves near-zero downtime and stronger ransomware protection with Rubrik

Rubrik Gives Southern Nevada Health District Peace of Mind

The Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) is the local public health agency for Las Vegas and Clark County, responsible for clinics, inspections, vital records and public-health programs for 2.2 million residents and millions of annual visitors. Faced with sensitive patient and PII data, a legacy backup system that was slow, labor-intensive and prone to failure (including an Exchange crash that left staff offline for hours/days), and the constant threat of ransomware and HIPAA fines, SNHD needed a more reliable, secure data protection strategy.

SNHD deployed Rubrik (with Polaris and cloud migration to Azure) to provide immutable backups, simpler management and seamless recovery, integrated with existing cybersecurity controls. The result: near-zero RTOs and restores in minutes (90%+ faster), stronger ransomware protection, the ability to migrate and archive records to cloud cold storage, and reclaiming about 250 days per year of staff productivity to focus on value-added security and cloud initiatives—enabling rapid pandemic-era telemedicine and public-health apps.

Southern Nevada Health District

Jason Frame

IT Manager