25 June 2025 12:00 – 12:45
The NHS relies on a complex supply chain of partners and vendors to provide a full range of services. Yet providing access for these third parties to maintain their systems is a major security issue. Imprivata and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT explain how using privileged access management tools has enabled the IT department to provide credential-free, secure remote access, and have shifted the administrative burden back to the vendors, freeing up time and resource for the stretched IT department.
Speakers
- Sarah Gay, Cyber Security Manager, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS FT
- Martin Knight, International Sales Manager for Privileged Access Management at Imprivata
The Ponemon Institute recently reported on the sharp increase of cyberattacks on organisations, over half of which originated through third parties: https://www.imprivata.com/uk/resources/analyst-reports/ponemon-report-uk-spotlight). Increasingly, modern healthcare relies on third-party vendors, contractors, suppliers, partners and a complex supply chain to operate effectively.
The worrying statistics highlight the challenge facing all NHS Trusts of reducing the cyber-risk posed by 3rd parties and vendors, when they also need to provide secure access to outside organisations in order to keep critical systems running smoothly.
This webinar discusses the balancing act of providing enough access for vendors to conduct essential maintenance, while also keeping tight control over privileged access accounts, and reducing the burden on IT resources.
By removing the risk associated with vendors needing to know domain credentials, asking them manage their own users through their own domain email address, NHS Trusts are able significantly reduce the risk, and to shift the administrative burden back to the vendor.
Imprivata and University Hospitals of Derby and Burton explain how they provided credential-free elevated access for vendors, while reducing day-to-day admin for the IT team.
