Healthcare Work Environment Remotely and Hybrid: Management of Access Privileges
In today's digital age, ensuring the security of sensitive data and mission-critical systems is paramount, especially for healthcare organisations. One of the key solutions to this challenge is Privileged Access Management (PAM).
PAM is a crucial component of strong cybersecurity, as highlighted by Dennen Monks, Field Tech Strategist at CrowdStrike, and Joel Burleson-Davis, CTO of Imprivata. It requires additional authentication and authorization for users with administrative privileges accessing privileged accounts or systems, such as electronic health records (EHRs).
Auditability is another crucial aspect of PAM processes. This feature allows organisations to know exactly what happened whenever a user accesses a privileged system, providing a trail of events that can aid in investigations or compliance checks.
PAM solutions consider a user's normal behaviour patterns and determine any deviations from the norm, potentially requiring further authentication. These deviations, or risk signals, can include unusual location, time, or frequency of access. Intelligent PAM tools can detect and respond to these risk signals without slowing down the workflow.
Credential management rotation ensures that users gain access to privileged systems only after they prove their identity and for a set period. This rotation helps to reduce risk and improve resiliency, particularly for health systems working with remote or hybrid third parties.
PAM tools provide just-in-time and just-enough access to users, granting the least amount of privilege needed. This approach helps to limit the potential damage if a user's account is compromised. Furthermore, PAM solutions can help ensure HIPAA compliance for health systems, as they provide a clear audit trail and control over user access.
For organisations with zero-trust PAM, security boundaries are extended to the people accessing their systems, rather than relying on a network perimeter. This makes zero-trust PAM suitable for remote or hybrid workplaces.
In conclusion, PAM is essential for healthcare organisations, particularly those with remote or hybrid workers or third parties, to protect valuable data and mission-critical systems. By implementing PAM solutions, organisations can balance security with ease of use, ensuring that clinical workflow is not hampered, and emergency access is still available.
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