Unique Healthcare Vocational Skills

When it comes to healthcare cyber, healthcare specific NOC and SOC services have never been more crucial. Your industry is unique. The problems you encounter, the regulations you abide by, and the crucial nature of patient information don’t lend themselves to one-size-fits-all solutions.
At PJ Networks, we are all about handcrafting custom solutions that suit the unique needs of healthcare. Combined with Fortinet’s dynamic and innovative security solutions, we have you covered.

Let’s explore why healthcare needs dedicated NOC and SOC services and how we provide them to secure, comply, and ensure seamless functioning of your systems.

Unique Industry-Specific Needs for Every Business

It’s not a one-size-fits-all sort of a world, especially in IT and cybersecurity. Healthcare is different because:

• Patient safety relies on IT being available and reliable.
• Regulations such as HIPAA also dictate your data protection rules.
• Private individuals’ sensitive information should be safeguarded from being hacked, stolen, and abused.
• Operational workflows frequently have intricate interconnecting networks and medical devices.

In other words, you need an NOC that gets how health works and a SOC that knows what kind of cyberattacks are coming at health providers now. And that’s what we provide at PJ Networks.

Typical Healthcare IT and Security Obstacles

While hospitals, clinics and labs are facing some of these hard challenges:

• Complicated network environment: Various devices, IP cameras, servers, PCs, medical IoT devices are all connected to demand constant monitoring.
• Compliance regulations: Regulations such as HIPAA, HITECH and others create demands for tight control over data access and auditing.
• Ransomware attacks: Healthcare is a favorite; the bad guys want to lock up important records.
• Legacy systems: Many older medical devices do not have the latest security mechanisms.
• Resource limitations: IT in healthcare may be small and overburdened.
• Downtime intolerance: You can’t delay patient care. Systems need to work 24/7, or in some cases lives could be on the line.

Addressing these challenges calls for a dynamic, healthcare-first model that smoothly manages operations AND security.

How PJ Networks NOC Provides for the Operational Needs of Healthcares

Our NOC is built to handle the complicated IT environments that healthcare professionals face each and every day. Here’s how we do it:

• 24/7 Real-time network monitoring: We keep an eye on your network day and night to prevent any problems before they happen.
• Device management: Medical devices, IT hardware, mobile endpoints – all in constant care.
• Performance tweaking: We keep everything running as smoothly as possible by minimizing downtime and waiting times.
• Patch and update management: Essential to ensuring that systems are secure and compliant.
• Fast problem resolution: Our skilled team works to troubleshoot and solve issues quickly to minimize impact.
• Custom dashboards: Enable you to see clearly into your network health, personalized for your requirements.

Work with PJ Networks to keep your network running smoothly, and your IT staff can spend more time on what really matters – patient care and innovation.

Cyber Threats in Healthcare

The world is experiencing a new sort of threat which is more potent than viruses and germs; it is Cyber Threats.
Cyber Threats in Healthcare: One leading industry in terms of data breaches is the healthcare sector.

Cybersecurity in healthcare isn’t just about responding to threats; it’s about being able to predict and prevent threats before any damage is done. Our SOC digs into this with:

• Advanced threat detection: We rely on Fortinet’s AI-powered security tools to identify suspicious behavior and signs of compromise.
• Incident response experts: Available 24/7 to investigate alerts and contain breaches.
• Compliance reporting: We create logs and reports that help you comply with HIPAA and other regulations.
• Management of vulnerabilities: Regular scanning to identify and fix weaknesses before hackers take advantage of them.
• Phishing: Prevent both social engineering attacks and threats to the brand.
• Customized threat intel: Staying abreast of healthcare-specific attack trends, like ransomware variants that specifically aim for medical records.

Together, the PJ Networks SOC and Fortinet technologies provide a robust shield for your Healthcare IT system.

How Fortinet Can Help

Fortinet is uniquely positioned to help healthcare organizations:

Fortinet Healthcare Compliance Solutions

Fortinet is a leading cybersecurity product company and their products fit exactly what healthcare needs in terms of compliance. Key features include:

• Built-in firewall and VPN: secure connections between facilities and remote workers.
• Secure IoT/medical device access: Fortinet segmentation protects and isolates vulnerable devices at scale.
• Loss prevention: Restrict the unauthorized access or exchange of patient information.
• Continuous compliance: Automatically generated checks ensure compliance with HIPAA, HITECH and other regulations.
• Secure cloud for healthcare providers: Allows healthcare providers to adopt cloud securely, without risk.
• Encryption in transit and at rest: Ensured by end-to-end encryption.

You receive flexible, scale-able protection that grows and changes as your healthcare organization does.

Case Study Snippet

We recently worked with a midsize hospital network that experienced frequent outages and security alerts. Their IT team was small and inundated. Here’s what happened after I got into bed with PJ Networks.

• Our Network Operations Center (NOC) assumed the responsibility of daily network monitoring and management, detecting problems in advance of any operational impact.
• By deploying Fortinet’s security fabric, the SOC was able to detect and counter threats more quickly.
• Personalized compliance reporting took the pressure off audits.
• The hospital reduced downtime by 30% and had zero data breaches over 12 months.

This is a story of success, and demonstrates how precisely defined NOC and SOC services do indeed make a difference in healthcare.

Wrapping Up

Healthcare IT Security is complex. But you don’t have to do this alone. The sensitive nature of patient care, combined with critical and personal data, makes security a top priority for healthcare operations—PJ Networks provides the customizable NOC and SOC healthcare needs, supported by Fortinet’s top-tier technology, enough to keep your security your enterprise secure, and FWA safeguards your peace of mind with confidence in your compliance.

If you’re looking to protect your healthcare organization’s network with tailor-made NOC and SOC services that have been personalized to meet your specific requirements, PJ Networks is your solution. Fortinet’s versatile products integrate with our award-winning Staff Augmentation and consulting work to support your data wherever it’s located, back your ops and help keep you compliant — all day, every day.

Might I remind you of despite it being basic logic, when it comes to NOC and SOC services that are tailored to the healthcare industry, you need answers that do not simply understand your industry but see it from the inside out. Let’s fix your future, together.