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VMware Horizon and Workspace ONE are the beating heart of the healthcare provider ’ s IT landscape .
be the only factor in making patients well again . Digital Transformation is now ensuring that many mutually interdependent hospital routines run more efficiently , reliably and closer to the patient . Insular systems that have grown over time are isolated , and complex processes are a common reason why modern digital technology is badly needed in this industry . But there is also a need for strict security . Today – and above all tomorrow – the fast , reliable and seamless sharing of information and the straightforward deployment of systems and devices will be decisive for Asklepios ’ medical processes . At the same time , the technological foundation must be laid for continuous standardisation , interoperability , security and innovation .
“ We obviously have a very strong focus on cybersecurity ,” said Daniel Maier- Johnson , Chief Information Security Officer ( CISO ) at Asklepios .
In the area of privacy and data protection , the healthcare sector cannot afford halfmeasures . These sort of attacks are a threat to patients ’ identity and they can impede hospital operations and place the health and well-being of patients at risk . The hospital operator therefore took swift action when a risk assessment performed by Maier-Johnson revealed moderate potential for improvement . To ensure patients and their data will not be exposed to threats from cyberattacks , top priority was given to modernising security processes . The new concept had to measure up to the requirements of Germany ’ s critical infrastructure laws , but they also had to function with as few staff as possible . Beyond warding off threats , the new solution had to be intelligent enough to learn constantly .
‘ VMware fits in with our ecosystem ’
The Asklepios group set out to find a flexible , agile security platform into which new systems and endpoints could be integrated quickly and easily . “ We launched an evaluation process , but the only really viable option for our enterprise requirements and our many thousand endpoints was VMware ,” said Maier-Johnson . “ That is especially true when you need to combine extensive standardisation and automation with maximised availability .”
It helped that the hospital group had already been working with proven virtualisation solutions for 16,000 workspaces based on VMware Horizon and Workspace ONE . VMware vSphere was in place as part of a long-standing partnership with the digital solution provider . The cloud-based security
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