A large health service organization recently faced a significant challenge: how to enable its employees and vendors to maintain their work routine using removable media to transfer valuable medical data between thousands of clinics without compromising the security of their critical IT infrastructure. The solution they found was OPSWAT's Peripheral Media Protection technologies, a flawless integration between kiosk stations at headquarters and MetaDefender Endpoint agents installed on all endpoints, to validate and scan files—a best-in-class cybersecurity solution that ensures secure removable media usage.
Protecting Widely Distributed Critical IT Networks
The healthcare organization has thousands of clinics across the country, even in distant locations. To mitigate the risk of malware infiltrating its systems through these endpoints, the organization embraced OPSWAT's "Trust no file. Trust no device.” philosophy, which enables strict control over devices and data. One of the key factors that influenced the healthcare organization’s decision to adopt MetaDefender Endpoint was its scalability and ease of use by non-technical personnel. For instance, MetaDefender Endpoint allowed the organization to select the number of antivirus engines they wanted to use and the technology modules that best suited their needs while leaving room for future growth.
Defense-in-Depth Security: MetaDefender Kiosk and MetaDefender Endpoint
The seamless integration between MetaDefender Kiosks, stationed at central locations like at headquarters and in lobbies, and MetaDefender Endpoint installed on each endpoint in the network, creates full coverage and provides a comprehensive approach to securing their infrastructure, particularly against sophisticated file-based attacks. This solution embraces a philosophy that deems all files and devices as potentially harmful until proven otherwise. Implementing these measures ensures uninterrupted data flow, eliminates the need for post-breach investigations, and streamlines compliance with government regulations, reducing costs and complexity.
Protecting Critical Endpoints from Removable Media Threats
OPSWAT's MetaDefender Endpoint secures assets from peripheral and removable media-borne threats and enables monitoring and auditing of usage in alignment with your organization’s security and compliance standards. MetaDefender Endpoint also scans files downloaded from the internet. Here’s why it’s the ideal solution:
Security Score
Ensures a computer’s cyber hygiene by scoring its cyber risk based on various factors.
Compliance Check
Enforces compliance requirements as defined by the system administrator, allowing access only to the company’s protected resources.
Patch Management
Assesses thousands of applications, such as Adobe Acrobat, Mozilla Firefox, and Zoom Client, for vulnerabilities and auto-patches them.
Vulnerability Management
Protects your computer from hosting vulnerable applications, providing insights and recommended fixes.
Peripheral Media Protection
Sanitizes incoming removable media before it enters the computer, identifying malicious content and sanitizing it prior to use.
Malware Scan
Scans the computer for malware with up to 30+ leading antivirus engines, ensuring it is always safe to use.
Secure File Download
Scans all files downloaded from Chrome and WhatsApp and ensures they are free of malware before making them accessible to the user.
For the healthcare organization, OPSWAT’s MetaDefender Endpoint was the perfect choice to secure their critical network. By ensuring real-time protection for all critical endpoints, they can maintain operational integrity, elevate safety, and enable even remote clinics to work without compromising security. As healthcare industries continue to digitize, with all patient data and tests processed and accessible from the organization’s endpoints, the defense-in-depth solutions found in the MetaDefender Platform are essential for critical IT network security.
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