Case Study: CHU de Charleroi (ISPPC) achieves centralized, proactive IT security and simplified management with Trend Micro

Trend Micro ensures a healthy IT environment at CHU de Charleroi

The Intermunicipal Association for Public Health in the Region of Charleroi (ISPPC), which runs CHU de Charleroi and 76 other care sites including five hospitals and ~4,200 staff, faced the challenge of keeping a highly open, multi-site healthcare IT environment secure. With growing numbers of networks, ports, IoT devices and critical digital systems (EPD, monitoring, lab, building controls) — and limited public-sector IT resources — the hospital needed a proactive, integrated security strategy to protect patient data and operations.

CHU de Charleroi deployed a consolidated Trend Micro stack (endpoint, network, gateway, sandboxing, virtual security and Control Manager SIEM) to centralize management and automate defenses. The solution scans ~38,000 files monthly via sandboxing (17 previously unknown threats stopped in three months) and protects a mail gateway that handles 780,000 messages per month (about 15,000 spam and ~100 critical malware now detected). The result: stronger, multi-layered protection, centralized visibility and simpler day-to-day management for the IT team.

CHU de Charleroi (ISPPC)

Pierre Jaradin

Network Administrator