HEALTHCARE PROVIDER

Strong authentication solution for leading U.S healthcare provider

A leading US-based information and technology-enabled health services provider, serving 127 million people across 50 states required a manageable strong authentication solution for its 160,000 employees to securely authenticate.

The health services provider, found in 4 out of 5 U.S. hospitals, serves multiple federal agencies, state Medicaid, Health and Human Services agencies, as well as employers and life science organisations.

SECURING ACCESS TO SYSTEMS AND DATA

>127m

patients served across 4/5 US hospitals and in the community

50

U.S. states covered by the healthcare provider

>160k

strong workforce providing exemplary care and support

THE CHALLENGE

The healthcare provider’s IT Security team was looking to evolve their digital identity solution to a strong two-factor authentication (2FA) system that would minimise the risk of data breach. Safeguarding patients and ensuring a seamless, secure user experience for their workforce was paramount.

Already utilising public key infrastructure (PKI) for smart cards, the IT team identified an opportunity to extend the use of public key cryptography for employees to securely log in to their laptop devices.

Secure, seamless authentication from an end user perspective was essential as users, including practitioners on home visits, would need a quick and simple way of accessing sensitive information.

In addition, the organisation needed a solution that would work within their existing environment, enabling credentials to be issued and managed to smart cards and other devices from one central credential management system.

PKI would enable the healthcare provider to issue encrypted credentials to smart cards, keys and mobile devices, offering a truly passwordless means of authenticating to secure networks for everyone.

THE SOLUTION

Yubikey

The YubiKey, a hardware security key by Yubico that enables strong two-factor authentication (2FA)  as part of a PKI solution, stood out as the best technology. YubiKeys support multiple authentication protocols, including Personal Identity Verification (PIV), to address the US Government’s  regulations for digital identity for Federal employees and Contractors.

YubiKeys delivered ease of use and reliable hardware-backed security to the healthcare provider’s employees, enabling them to securely log in to their desktops and laptops by inserting their YubiKey into a USB-A or USB-C port and entering a PIN to authenticate. This secure means of authentication enabled employees to access all of the systems necessary as part of their role.

With a significant share of employees operating Macbooks, the ability to use YubiKey 5 Series keys across both Macs and PCs for 2FA was a significant benefit, particularly as end-point protection options for Mac devices are limited.

BENEFITS

Optimum passwordless security

Strongest form of 2FA integrated across 7,000 YubiKey users and optimum authentication safety assured for the healthcare provider's 127 million customers' data

User-friendly

Easy to use, fast, and reliable hardware-backed technology for employees to authenticate their digital ID using YubiKey

Easy to deploy

Simple integration for the IT team meant strong authentication could get up and running smoothly and to agreed timescales

Proven

Technologies that are widely adopted in healthcare and many other sectors for issuing and managing millions of certificates for trusted digital identities

Minimum ongoing IT support

Help desk calls for forgotten passwords and logins are a thing of the past as MyID enables end users to self-serve by managing and updating their own YubiKey

Adaptable

Together MyID and YubiKey meet the diverse needs of the healthcare provider's end users, enabling policy control across user groups and authentication across smart cards, YubiKeys and mobile devices

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Discover why a leading US-based health services provider evolved their workforce digital identity solution with MyID and YubiKeys to provide strong two-factor authentication that would minimize the threat of data breach and provide a user-friendly solution for their employees to access sensitive information in both clinical and remote-based environments.

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