Case Study: NYC Health + Hospitals secures PHI and PII collaboration with Virtru

NYC Health + Hospitals secures PHI for 20,000 employees with Virtru

NYC Health + Hospitals, the largest municipal health system in the U.S., faced a significant challenge when deploying Google Workspace to 20,000 employees. They urgently needed to encrypt sensitive patient health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII) stored and shared via Google Drive to maintain productivity while complying with HIPAA and other regulations. The vendor, Virtru, provided its Google Drive encryption solution to address this security and compliance risk.

Virtru implemented its encryption for Google Drive, enabling secure internal and external collaboration while providing persistent, granular protection and access controls. NYCHHC also deployed Virtru for Outlook to protect PHI and PII shared via email across their Microsoft environment. With Virtru's platform-agnostic solution, the health system can now securely share files with external agencies, maintain full audit logs, and progress towards a zero trust security model without compromising on compliance.

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