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Getting Identity Management Right Is Crucial for Healthcare Security
A key concern for IT and security leaders is user identity and access control. Identity is a prime target for attackers who want to gain unauthorized system access and carry out malicious acts. In healthcare, identity management has a complex lifecycle that makes it challenging to secure. When healthcare organizations hire or let go of staff, nurses, contractors and vendors, it’s crucial to manage their accounts effectively. Ensuring proper provisioning and deprovisioning of accounts is essential for reducing cybersecurity risks.If the IT department doesn’t have the ability to automatically deprovision the account of an employee who was just let go, then the organization could be at risk of a disgruntled employee accessing the network to plant malware or take sensitive information.
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Having the right type of data about each employee’s role can often be a challenge for healthcare organizations. For example, all roles, whether they’re clinicians or administrative personnel, flow through an HR information system. The data from that platform then flows into an identity or automated provisioning tool. If the roles don’t define what each role requires in terms of data or network access, then it can be hard to find the right set of entitlements for provisioning.As a result, someone might take a copy-and-paste approach to provisioning. They might model a new doctor’s access on that of a doctor in the same department without realizing that they have different data needs.
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