Enhancing healthcare security with cloud access security brokers

By Ram Vaidyanathan, IT security evangelist, ManageEngine

The healthcare industry increasingly relies on cloud applications to manage patient data and deliver healthcare services. In this climate, the challenge is ensuring the security and privacy of sensitive information. This data can be accessed, read, and tampered with by cyber attackers and malicious insiders.

Cloud access security brokers (CASBs) play a crucial role in solving this challenge. They can be utilised in the healthcare sector to enhance data security, ensure regulatory compliance, and support secure remote work.

Enhancing security and privacy  

One of the primary concerns in the healthcare sector is protecting sensitive patient data from unauthorised access and breaches. CASBs address this challenge by providing comprehensive visibility into each application and its associated activities. Rules can be configured to ensure that access to an application only takes place if certain conditions are met.

For example, access can be ...