Technology Category
- Networks & Connectivity - Cellular
- Robots - Wheeled Robots
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
- Telecommunications
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Personnel Tracking & Monitoring
About The Customer
The University Hospital Center of Charleroi (CHU Charleroi) is a public hospital in the Wallonia region of Belgium. It operates from multiple locations and has around 1,400 beds, 5,000 staff, and 600 doctors. The hospital deals with 75,000 emergency admissions each year and provides surgical, geriatric, medical, psychiatric, and rehabilitation services. CHU Charleroi is also a teaching hospital and is linked to the national healthcare system. The hospital is increasingly enabling mobility for its doctors and management, allowing them to work more effectively from any location.
The Challenge
The University Hospital Center of Charleroi (CHU Charleroi), a public hospital in the Wallonia region of Belgium, was faced with the challenge of ensuring data security while introducing over 500 corporate smartphones and tablets across the organization. The hospital aimed to provide its IT team with access to device apps without impacting on their device usability. Furthermore, CHU Charleroi wanted to introduce a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy to improve staff efficiency. However, the hospital needed a solution that would allow staff to add personal applications, but also provide the means to authorize, validate and approve these quickly. The key issue was whether the app would send data. The hospital also wanted to monitor BYOD access to suitable applications.
The Solution
CHU Charleroi, a long-time customer of Check Point since 2013, turned to Check Point’s SandBlast Mobile to address their challenges. SandBlast Mobile is a mobile threat defense solution (MTD) that protects and prevents advanced cyber-attacks from entering devices. It provides protection against malware, man-in-the-middle attacks over cellular and Wi-Fi networks, OS exploits, and phishing attacks. The cloud-based dashboard provides real-time threat intelligence and visibility into the type of threats that could impact CHU Charleroi. The solution was deployed in late 2017, initially planned for 500 corporate devices. The project was an instant success and has since expanded to a further 215 corporate devices, along with 192 BYOD.
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