Peace of Mind Through Proactive Security – a Healthcare case

The healthcare center operates as a cooperative of 12 medical disciplines, with around 50 employees—38 of whom work directly in the practices—serving patients daily. Their mission is to keep people healthy, and when needed, restore their health. With multiple disciplines under one roof and a variety of digital connections to pharmacies, dentists, and electronic patient records, IT is an indispensable part of their daily operations.

Their primary concern was crystal clear: keeping patient data safe and preventing breaches at all costs. A data leak would not only cause severe reputational damage, but could also disrupt continuity of care. Patients are increasingly aware of privacy risks, and the center felt a strong responsibility to ensure their sensitive information remained 100% secure.

To achieve this, the healthcare center relies on a local IT partner—an experienced team of eight IT experts serving clients across many industries. From fixing everyday IT issues to migrating entire infrastructures to the cloud, this IT partner is their trusted point of contact. With a dedicated IT coordinator inside the healthcare center, communication flows smoothly, and IT risks are addressed quickly.

The IT partner has a long-standing relationship with SecurityHive. They chose SecurityHive because it is a Dutch company with local support, short communication lines, and a 100% focus on honeypots. SecurityHive is seen as highly flexible, innovative, and tech-driven, continually improving its solutions in-house.

Given the healthcare center’s focus on data security, the IT partner recommended implementing SecurityHive’s honeypot solution. A trial was launched to monitor the network. Over the course of the following months, the honeypot revealed valuable insights:

• Misconfigurations were detected, with unexpected traffic flowing where it didn’t belong.
• A supplier’s infected laptop attempted to connect, but was stopped before it could cause damage.
• An ex-employee’s account was still active, which the honeypot flagged immediately, enabling the IT team to revoke access.

The trial, initially planned for 14 days, proved so effective that after just one week the healthcare center decided to go live immediately. The installation was completed within 30 minutes, with no disruption to daily operations.

Today, the IT partner provides continuous monitoring using the honeypot. Quarterly security reviews with the healthcare center ensure transparency, while urgent incidents are acted upon immediately—often before the customer even notices an issue. SecurityHive continues to evolve its technology, including the integration of AI, while the IT partner ensures implementation and response.

For the healthcare center, the benefits are clear:

• Peace of mind knowing patient data is safe.
• Trust that IT systems remain resilient and compliant.
• Confidence that even unseen threats are detected and blocked.

As the IT partner summarized: “Working with SecurityHive allows us to provide our customers with a set-and-forget security layer that keeps evolving. It gives our clients—and us—the confidence that we can stay one step ahead of threats.”