Case Study: Rush University Medical Center achieves end-to-end protection against advanced and zero-day threats with Trend Micro

Rush University Medical Center Creates Safer Environment with End-to-End Protection for Healthcare and Academic Environments

Rush University Medical Center is a 664‑bed academic healthcare and education system with about 8,000 employees and 2,000 students, supporting large virtual and physical environments (~1,600 virtual desktops, 600 virtual servers, and 10,000 physical desktops) and public/proprietary wireless networks. IT faced advanced persistent threats (including Conficker and frequent zero‑day attacks), scanning that degraded user performance and drove unmanaged endpoints, concerns about USB-borne malware, and strict compliance needs (HIPAA, FERPA, PHI).

To address this, Rush deployed Trend Micro’s Complete User Protection—OfficeScan plus Deep Security, Deep Discovery and centralized Control Manager—backed by professional services. The solution delivered faster, less intrusive scans, virtual patching and VDI protection, network visibility and sandboxing, and centralized management; as a result Rush blocked over half a million threats, eliminated major outbreaks, improved user satisfaction and productivity, and gained greater confidence for compliance audits.

Rush University Medical Center

Alex Radenkovic

Information Security Engineer, Rush University Medical Center