Securing Medical Devices

Safeguard medical devices against malware and tampering

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Overview

Medical devices, such as diagnostic tablet computers, heart rate monitors, and MRI scanners, are just as susceptible to malware as standard laptop computers. To protect medical devices, McAfee offers solutions that prevent unauthorized changes and keep devices malware-free.

McAfee Integrity Control locks down a medical device so only authorized executables and changes are allowed. This low-footprint solution protects against malware, unauthorized applications, and system changes. It also provides the ability to capture an audit trail of authorized changes, facilitating compliance and reporting. Only McAfee provides unique read/write protection for added data protection of field devices. With this feature, you can block the view and alteration of system data and configuration files from any other application other than the original creator of the data. For manufacturers of medical devices, McAfee offers these same capabilities with McAfee Embedded Security.

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Key Benefits

  • Safeguard devices without impacting performance
    Protect your medical devices with McAfee Integrity Control, a low-overhead security solution that does not compromise device performance.
  • Lower costs and reduce overhead
    Save time and money with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) platform, the centralized security console that eases management, simplifies reporting, and automates maintenance. Integrity Control on medical devices allows for the enforcement of business and manufacturing change policies and centralized reporting to validate field images.
  • Count on 24/7 security vigilance
    Secure devices with open operating systems. Integrity Control provides protection from malware and tampering, ensuring your systems cannot be compromised.

Products

Network Security

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McAfee Firewall Enterprise

McAfee Firewall Enterprise is a next-generation firewall that restores control and protection to your network.

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McAfee Network Security Platform

McAfee Network Security Platform is the industry’s most secure network intrusion prevention system (IPS). Backed by McAfee Labs, it protects customers on average 80 days ahead of the threat. It blocks attacks in real time, before they can cause damage, and protects every network-connected device. With Network Security Platform, you can automatically manage risk and enforce compliance — while improving operational efficiency and reducing IT efforts.

Risk & Compliance

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McAfee Application Control

McAfee Application Control ensures only trusted applications run on servers and endpoints. It reduces risks from unauthorized software, boosts endpoint control, extends the viability of fixed-function systems without impacting performance, and lowers operating costs.

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McAfee Change Control

McAfee Change Control enforces change policies and provides alerts to file integrity issues, while offering options to easily block unauthorized changes to critical system files and directories.

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McAfee Change Reconciliation

McAfee Change Reconciliation automates closed-loop processing of system changes for IT. It provides a comprehensive inventory of all changes and encapsulates the data within the ticketing system, flagging ad hoc changes and those made without approvals. Change Reconciliation easily integrates with other widely used change management systems.

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McAfee Integrity Control

McAfee Integrity Control combines industry-leading whitelisting and change control technology, ensuring that only trusted applications run on fixed-function devices, such as point-of-service (POS) systems, ATMs, and kiosks.

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McAfee Vulnerability Manager

McAfee Vulnerability Manager finds and prioritizes vulnerabilities and policy violations on your network. It balances asset criticality with vulnerability severity, enabling you to focus protection on your most important assets.

Resources

Brochures

Security Connected for Healthcare Providers: Preventative Care, Proactive Response

Learn how the Security Connected framework from McAfee works within the resource constraints and the special business requirements of healthcare providers to deliver threat protection, operational efficiencies, and sustainable compliance.

Podcasts

Solution Briefs

White Papers

Community

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Blogs

  • Emerging Trends in Healthcare Security: Join @McAfeeBusiness For #SecChat Thursday 2/23
    Brian Contos - February 16, 2012
    Healthcare demands a degree of confidentiality and privacy that exceeds almost any other industry. As a result, trends such as cloud computing and the consumerization of IT have unique implications for security professionals working in this sphere. With increased integration of electronic records, as well as evolving regulatory pressures and privacy laws, the complexity of Read more...
  • The Dark Side of Collaboration
    Steven Fox - October 05, 2011
    Collaboration can be toxic to an Information Security program.  Assaulted by conflicting management agendas and priorities, the consensus needed for success sometimes suffers an early death.  However, many organizations perpetuate the mantra that collaboration is always a good idea.  Unfortunately, managers’ collective memories tend to cling to the outcomes of successful collaboration at the cost Read more...
  • Delivering Better Healthcare through Data Protection
    Archive - November 24, 2010
    Recently, we delivered a great webcast discussing how data protection can help deliver better healthcare. It may sound like a stretch, but data protection can really improve healthcare delivery. If you think about it, U.S. healthcare is unique in that they are subject to state (data breach notification), federal (HIPAA-HITECH), and international (PCI-DSS) regulations, all Read more...
  • First #SecChat Raises Questions on Securing PHI
    Brian Contos - November 23, 2010
    Last week we kicked off the first ever #SecChat, a hashtag chat on Twitter that some have likened to a ‘flash mob.’ It was pretty cool to witness. For about an hour, roughly 66 security practitioners and evangelists were actively engaged in conversations via Twitter about information security and Personal Health Information (PHI). Many more, Read more...
  • #SecChat is Born! Join us for the inaugural Twitter chat
    Brian Contos - November 17, 2010
    The security community is a very vocal and interactive bunch (if you haven’t figured that out already). We’re not afraid to share our ideas and opinions or to pass along best practices when it comes to the issues that impact information security and our jobs. And there is a constant stream of hot topics that Read more...