Challenge: Too Much Effort, Too Little Coverage

Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital (NVRH) had long partnered with Fortified Health Security for Vulnerability & Threat Management (VTM), but endpoint protection was still a pain point. The hospital’s previous solution frequently generated false positives and left the burden of incident response entirely on a smaller internal team.

“Before XDR, I was up every night. I spent hours trying to get things to work and worrying if our servers were protected,” said Michael DeCota, NVRH’s Senior Infrastructure Architect & Security Analyst.

Solution: A Fully Managed XDR Program Designed for Healthcare

In 2024, NVRH upgraded to Fortified’s Managed XDR solution. The deployment included:

  • Fully managed endpoint protection and threat detection
  • Fortified’s 24/7 healthcare-focused SOC for real-time monitoring
  • Centralized log analysis and correlation to enhance visibility
  • Asset discovery and monitoring to close gaps in coverage
  • Ongoing engineering support for tuning, exclusions, and testing

Results: High Impact with Strategic Efficiency

Since going live, Fortified’s Managed XDR has transformed how NVRH approaches security:

  • Fewer false positives: Cleaner alerts, greater trust, and less wasted time
  • Improved response time: Critical issues can now be addressed in minutes
  • End-to-end visibility: Threats are correlated across endpoints and logs for rapid understanding
  • Remote workforce protection: Coverage extends beyond the hospital campus
  • Streamlined maintenance: Updates and testing are proactively managed
  • Validated defense: Fortified detected simulated threats instantly during a red team assessment
  • Operational resilience: Security no longer disrupts patient care workflows

 

The Fortified Difference: Time, Confidence, and Healthcare-Specific Support

  • Fortified’s detection logic is tailored for healthcare environments, prioritizing indicators like data exfiltration or unauthorized record access.
  • Their SOC proactively surfaces threat intel and advisories relevant to healthcare providers.
  • Even legacy devices or vendor-managed assets that can’t be protected are now discovered and tracked.