Strengthening Data Security Measures in Healthcare Sector amidst Internal Risks
Forcepoint, a leading cybersecurity company, has introduced an innovative agentless Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution designed specifically for healthcare organizations. This solution is ideal for organizations using Chromebooks, tablets, phones, or Linux-based devices, as well as those with a large cloud footprint and devices that are not Windows- or Mac-based.
The agentless DLP solution is part of Forcepoint ONE, the company's Security Service Edge (SSE) solution and SD-WAN offering. It is designed to provide single-vendor SSE and includes an integrated DLP capability that is agentless.
One of the key features of this solution is its ability to help healthcare organizations recognize a potential data loss incident before it happens. Forcepoint's system monitors over 140 indicators of behavior to understand the riskiness of user actions and assigns a risk score.
The agentless DLP solution offers unified, seamless data loss prevention across endpoints, networks, cloud applications, and remote access. It unifies endpoint and network DLP with an agentless approach on endpoints to monitor and protect sensitive healthcare data (PHI) without interfering with clinicians' workflows.
Through Forcepoint ONE's Cloud Application Security (CASB), the solution offers inline DLP and malware protection for cloud apps, enabling organizations to monitor and control data across cloud collaboration platforms like Google Drive, Office 365, and others. This applies content-aware policies in an agentless manner, blocking unauthorized transfers of sensitive information.
Forcepoint provides a unified platform enforcing consistent DLP policies for cloud, web, email, and private apps via an integrated policy engine. This harmonizes data protection across the decentralized healthcare ecosystem that includes telehealth users, cloud-based systems, and on-premises infrastructure.
The solution incorporates behavior analytics to detect potentially risky user actions, including insider threats, relevant in environments where healthcare staff may access data from multiple locations and devices.
Forcepoint helps healthcare providers locate PHI across distributed cloud and on-premise environments, map access permissions, and proactively manage risk to meet compliance mandates such as HIPAA. This is crucial in decentralized environments where data may be scattered in multiple systems.
Specialized email content inspection and policy enforcement stop risky transfers of regulated healthcare data before leaving the organization, protecting a key risk vector in telehealth communications and cloud email systems.
With a cloud-delivered architecture, Forcepoint enforces zero trust access controls and DLP policies even when users operate off-network or remotely, addressing risks inherent in telehealth and decentralized workflows.
Kevin Oliveira, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Forcepoint, emphasizes the importance of risk-adaptive protection in DLP strategies. He emphasizes the need for a strong data security solution for healthcare organizations, covering all channels for exfiltration, including endpoints, emails, and private cloud applications.
In conclusion, Forcepoint’s agentless approach allows healthcare organizations to secure sensitive patient data across complex, distributed infrastructures—including cloud platforms and telehealth—without impacting clinician productivity, while ensuring regulatory compliance and minimizing breach risks.
- The agentless Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution offered by Forcepoint, a leading cybersecurity company, is not only designed for healthcare organizations but also extends its protection to the realm of health-and-wellness and fitness-and-exercise, as it safeguards sensitive patient data.
- Recognizing the importance of technological advancements in various sectors, Forcepoint's agentless DLP solution also serves the realm of science, especially in areas like cybersecurity, by providing an effective approach to data protection, ensuring thorough security for organizations using diverse devices like Chromebooks, tablets, phones, or Linux-based machines, while maintaining compliance with regulations like HIPAA.
