GuidePoint Security on Healthcare Zero Trust

December 11, 2021 – Published on Healthcare Global

Joe Leonard, CTO, GuidePoint Security, explains why Healthcare Zero Trust isn’t just a technology shift – it’s a complete cultural 180…

As a follow-on to this spring’s Executive Order for Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, the White House Office of Management and Budget released a draft blueprint for a so-called Zero Trust approach to fending off hackers. As federal agencies and the healthcare industry evaluate and begin to implement this Zero Trust approach, many are going to find they are years behind being ready to deploy and make the changes necessary. 

When it comes to Zero Trust, the first baselining we need to do is understand that the traditional network perimeter is no more. The second thing that we must understand is that Zero Trust is not a product… it’s an approach to security that enables organizations to identify high value assets and data within the network and ultimately protect this information beyond traditional cybersecurity methods. Additionally, and maybe just as importantly, it’s about enabling business agility and automating processes so that the security controls are essentially transparent to users whose focus is first and foremost on patient care.

So let’s examine where healthcare organizations are today in their Zero Trust journey. Shifting to a Zero Trust approach is not about a wholesale replacement of the infrastructure – it’s more of an incremental journey for modernizing the IT and security environment. 

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