Dartford and Gravesham (DGT) NHS Trust has selected healthcare IoT (HIoT) cybersecurity and threat intelligence company Cylera and physician-led global technology group The AbedGraham Group to help safeguard its medical device and IoT infrastructure.
As one of the key hospital trusts in North Kent, England, DGT provides acute and outpatient services for a local population of 500,000 people. DGT recognised the need to identify and secure against clinical and enterprise IoT cybersecurity risks as top priority.
Through the strategic partnership, The AbedGraham Group’s Clinical Security Analytics Platform, [CCOM], is integrated into Cylera’s MedCommand platform. This enables users to examine and quantify real-time risks to patient safety and clinical services, helps organisations align with regulatory requirements, and optimise clinical workflows and devices, all in one platform.
“Medical devices and IoT devices are critical to our ability to provide the best patient care possible to our local community. Over recent years the broad range of medical devices being networked and integrated with clinical systems has led to a new focus of cyber risk, requiring greater local intelligence and control,” said Neil Perry, director of digital transformation at DGT NHS Trust.
“We are now able to identify cyber risks associated with this foundational approach.”
“Cylera and AbedGraham have been active participants in our journey to secure the devices most critical to our patient care delivery and cybersafety,” said Shaun van Niekerk, head of IT and cybersecurity and joint chair of NHS Cyber Associates Network.
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“All NHS hospitals are in a similar situation with the need to accelerate towards the goal of decreasing IoT cyber risk. This unique compilation of technology provides the exceptional capabilities needed to reach this goal.”
Protecting clinical workflows
[CCOM2] integrates into Cylera MedCommand to analyse and quantify the clinical risks that stem from IT and IoT endpoints across healthcare networks. From network infrastructure to complex medical devices, it ingests rich data from Cylera and using physician developed algorithms allows assets and vulnerabilities to be ranked for remediation based on tangible threats to patient safety and care delivery.
“Like many hospitals around the world, DGT forms the cornerstone of its region’s care pathways by offering both elective and urgent care services,” said Dr. Saif F. Abed, partner & director of Cybersecurity Advisory Services, at The AbedGraham Group. “Accordingly, the need to protect clinical workflows by identifying tangible connected device risks is paramount. We are thrilled to be integrated with Cylera, a partner that addresses the significant clinical risks posed by IoT.”
Cylera’s Healthcare IoT Platform delivers real-time visibility, inventory, operational intelligence, risk and vulnerability analysis, risk mitigation, segmentation, fleet optimisation, and threat detection and response. The platform’s capability is unified through a central management console to streamline operations and provide value across multiple sites and teams.
“The combination of Cylera and The AbedGraham Group shows how two distinct technologies can dramatically complement each other to give healthcare organisations and hospitals the optimal outcome of a secure IoT and medical device infrastructure,” said Timur Ozekcin, co-founder & CEO of Cylera. “As we continue our relationship with DGT in the UK, we look forward to expanding our presence in the region.”
Cylera is now available in the UK through cybersecurity solutions provider, Core to Cloud, Ltd., located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire.
