Healthcare & Medical Facilities
Secure Clinical Data
Segmentation, access control, logging and retention for clinical systems and medical devices — measured against PDPL rather than convenience.
Hospitals hold some of the most sensitive personal data there is, on a network that also carries an unusually large population of devices nobody can patch. Infusion pumps, imaging equipment and monitors often run software that is years old and cannot be updated without invalidating a certification, which means the network has to compensate for what the device cannot do.
Segmentation is therefore the primary control. Medical devices in their own segments, able to reach only the systems they must, converts an unpatchable device from a route into the record system into an isolated risk. This is a switching and policy exercise and it is the highest-value work available in a hospital network.
Access and retention are the other half. Who may view a record, who may export it, and how long footage and logs are kept are all PDPL questions with defined answers, and they have to be configured as roles and policies rather than left to local practice.
What this covers
Device segmentation
Medical devices isolated in their own segments with explicit policy, compensating for equipment that cannot be patched.
Role-based access
Clinical, administrative and technical roles with least privilege, and review reports that surface accumulated access.
Logging and retention
Central logs with retention set from regulation, so an access question months later can actually be answered.
Backup and recovery
Tested, versioned backups isolated from the systems they protect, since a clinical outage cannot wait for a rebuild.
Encryption
Data encrypted in transit and at rest, including on the portable devices that leave the building.
What we will ask you
These are the questions that decide the specification. Having the answers ready is what turns a first conversation into a real quotation.
- 01
What cannot be patched?
Enumerate it. Those devices define where segmentation is most urgently needed.
- 02
How long must records and footage be kept?
Set by regulation rather than preference, and it drives storage and logging design.
- 03
Who can export data?
Export is where sensitive data leaves. It should be a controlled, logged role rather than a general capability.