Customer Testimonial
Pharmaceutical Distribution Giant Implements Microsegmentation Without Downtime
CISO Edmond Mack reveals how Elisity enabled rapid microsegmentation deployment without change windows, protecting pharmaceutical supply chains while accelerating business operations

Haleon CISO Transforms Years-Long Microsegmentation Challenge into Months-Long Success with Zero Downtime Protecting Life-Sustaining Pharmaceutical Supply Chains
Edmond Mack, CISO at Haleon, 20-year cybersecurity veteran protects global pharmaceutical operations using Elisity's identity-based microsegmentation, achieving zero incidents while business accelerates deployment timeline.
Haleon, formerly GSK Consumer Health, stands as a global leader in consumer healthcare and pharmaceutical distribution, managing critical medicine supply chains that serve millions of patients worldwide. The organization operates round-the-clock networks where even minutes of downtime directly impact patient access to life-sustaining medications. Following its separation from GSK and public listing, Haleon needed enterprise-grade security that could protect without disrupting operations.
Elisity's overlay architecture protected without touching critical pharmaceutical systems
Elisity's overlay architecture offered a fundamentally different approach. Rather than requiring network rebuilds or touching critical systems, the platform provided visibility and protection capabilities that layered seamlessly over Haleon's existing infrastructure. The solution featured human-readable policies that business leaders could understand, real-time protection without change windows, and the crucial ability to protect operational technology environments without any disruption to the 24/7/365 pharmaceutical operations.
"One of the things I'm most proud about as we went through the Elisity deployment as we had no P ones, no outages, deploying in the environment without hurting the business or causing any inverse effects," Mack explains.
Zero incidents, zero downtime, and a business demanding faster deployment
The deployment exceeded every expectation. "One of the things I'm most proud about as we went through the Elisity deployment is we had no P1s, no outages, deploying in the environment without hurting the business or causing any inverse effects," Mack reports. The success was so remarkable that industry peers expressed disbelief. "People can't believe that we've had the success that we've actually had." Most surprisingly, rather than tolerating the security initiative, "the business came forward and said, how do we move faster? We want to move faster." The originally planned timeline was voluntarily accelerated by business stakeholders who recognized the value being delivered.
As Mack notes, "Our ability to scale policy deployment across the business enables the business to expand and scale at speed."


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Network Segmentation Without Compromise
The Numbers
Main Line Health deploys Elisity microsegmentation enterprise-wide across their Cisco infrastructure with Armis integration, providing comprehensive protection at every facility with network presence.
6,000+
Actively Enforced Policies
+100k
IoT, OT, and IoMT Devices Protected
150
Hospitals, Health centers and physicians' practices
3
Days to Deploy
Challenge
Expanded Attack Surface
The proliferation of connected medical and IoT devices has expanded the attack surface across clinical environments, creating new attack vectors that cybercriminals exploit to gain unauthorized access to critical patient care systems and protected health information (PHI). With thousands of devices spanning multiple facilities, healthcare organizations struggle to maintain visibility and control.

Elisity Solution
Comprehensive Healthcare Visibility
Elisity IdentityGraph™ transforms your switches into data sensors that automatically discover and classify all connected devices—including medical equipment, IoMT devices, clinical workstations, and building management systems—providing complete visibility across your entire healthcare environment without disrupting patient care. This visibility extends across all facilities in your healthcare system.
Challenge
Legacy Medical Device Vulnerabilities
Clinical devices and IoMT systems often run legacy software, proprietary operating systems, or have long replacement cycles, making them impossible to patch regularly or secure with traditional endpoint solutions. These devices represent a significant portion of a healthcare organization's infrastructure but remain largely unprotected by conventional security tools.

Elisity Solution
HIPAA-Compliant Segmentation
Easily implement the network segmentation controls required by the 2025 HIPAA Security Rule update through identity-based policy groups that logically segment your clinical environment without complex VLAN configurations or network architecture changes. Our solution aligns with HHS 405(d) guidelines to help you achieve favorable regulatory treatment.
Challenge
HIPAA Compliance Complexity
Meeting stringent HIPAA Security Rule requirements, especially the new 2025 mandated network segmentation controls, becomes increasingly difficult with traditional approaches that require complex VLAN configurations and static firewall rules. HHS 405(d) Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices (HICP) further emphasizes the need for robust network protection through segmentation.

Elisity Solution
Zero-Disruption Deployment
Deploy medical microsegmentation using your existing network infrastructure without requiring new hardware, device agents, or clinical downtime—maintaining continuous patient care operations critical to healthcare environments with multiple facilities and thousands of caregivers.

Clinical Continuity
Healthcare organizations cannot tolerate disruptions to patient care that traditional security implementations often require, creating resistance to implementing proper security controls while maintaining 24/7 clinical operations across multiple hospitals and specialty clinics.

Elisity Solution
Phased Security Implementation
Roll out your fine-tuned policies in waves using Elisity's Simulation Mode to analyze policy impact, identify potential issues, and refine policies before full-scale deployment, safeguarding your clinical operations while strengthening security posture across your entire healthcare organization.
Resources
Download the 2025 HIPAA Security Rule Update: Network Segmentation Implementation Guide
Discover how Elisity's identity-based microsegmentation helps healthcare organizations meet the 2025 HIPAA Security Rule's mandatory network segmentation requirements without disrupting critical operations

Healthcare Networks & Medical Device Security FAQ
See how Elisity helps healthcare organizations secure legacy and connected medical devices while maintaining compliance and clinical operations. These FAQs answer the most common questions from security and clinical engineering teams.
Elisity’s identity-based microsegmentation secures each device at the network level without requiring any software on the device. By limiting communications to only what’s necessary for care, it shields legacy and unpatchable medical equipment from threats.
Yes, Elisity automatically discovers and classifies all connected medical devices, then enforces healthcare-specific segmentation policies that protect patient data. It also provides the documentation and visibility needed to demonstrate compliance with industry security requirements.
No, Elisity’s solution is non-disruptive and uses your existing network, so you can roll out security policies without any downtime. You can even simulate and verify policies before enforcement to ensure there’s no impact on essential healthcare operations.
Elisity consolidates network access control into one platform that’s aware of clinical context. This unified, automated approach means fewer consoles to manage and consistent enforcement across all devices, freeing up your team from manual device-by-device configurations.
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