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IGEL and Zscaler Launch Healthcare Security Blueprints

In the face of a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, IGEL, a leading global software developer, is making strides to enhance the infrastructure of healthcare organizations. In partnership with Zscaler, a leader in cloud security, they have unveiled innovative healthcare security blueprints aimed at facilitating secure and resilient medical service delivery.

The Need for Modern Solutions

With healthcare services becoming increasingly decentralized, providers must navigate numerous challenges. These include heightened risks concerning endpoint security, expanded access points to critical clinical systems, and the ongoing demand for uninterrupted care during disruptive events. To address these concerns, IGEL and Zscaler’s projects integrate IGEL’s immutable Operating System for endpoints, the Universal Management Suite (UMS), and the IGEL App Portal with Zscaler’s identity-based access controls and policies, delivered via the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™ platform.

The healthcare security blueprints focus on three main areas:
1. Secure access to isolated recovery environments during cyberattacks.
2. A standardized security and access model for distributed clinics.
3. Safe remote access for physicians working outside conventional hospital perimeters.

Together, these components provide healthcare organizations with a roadmap for adopting a Zero Trust architecture that minimizes reliance on traditional VPN-based access models and reduces dependencies related to Protected Health Information (PHI) on endpoint configurations.

Specific Projects Designed for Healthcare

Isolated Recovery Environment Access Blueprint

Designed for high-impact scenarios like ransomware attacks, this project assists organizations in restoring operations by establishing a well-known endpoint state and providing tightly controlled access to recovery systems. This aligns with IGEL’s commitment to business continuity and disaster recovery by enabling endpoints to quickly revert to a trusted operational state while maintaining centralized access to applications.

Distributed Clinics Project

This initiative offers a repeatable model for outpatient clinics and imaging centers to standardize on immutable endpoints and access controls, thereby reducing dependence on local security devices and aging VPN networks.

Remote Physician Access Project

By extending the same controls to clinicians working remotely, this project ensures consistent access behavior across hospitals, clinics, and remote environments.

Expert Insights

Matthias Haas, CTO at IGEL, emphasizes that for healthcare organizations, resilience and security must be integrated rather than treated as separate initiatives: "These collaborative healthcare blueprints with Zscaler provide practical guidance for reducing endpoint risk, enforcing access rules, and supporting healthcare delivery, even when some segments of the environment are not fully trusted."

Frank Nydam, Healthcare Executive Director at Zscaler, adds, "Healthcare provision has expanded far beyond hospital walls, which in turn has widened the attack surface. Our partnership with IGEL equips healthcare organizations with a contemporary architecture to secure distributed endpoints at scale, helping to mitigate risk while enabling fast, reliable access for medical teams."

A Unified Approach to Security

By marrying endpoint integrity with cloud-based access security, IGEL and Zscaler empower healthcare organizations to streamline their security architecture, consolidate overlapping tools, and foster a more resilient model to protect clinical workflows and patient data.

The IGEL and Zscaler Healthcare projects are now available. Organizations attending HIMSS26 Europe can learn more from IGEL during the event in Copenhagen.

For more resources on healthcare projects by IGEL, visit their website.