Imprivata's platform offers identity-first access management, privileged access security, passwordless authentication and AI agent control solutions to support the needs of healthcare, manufacturing and other mission-critical sectors
Imprivate, a leading company in access management solutions for healthcare and other critical sectors, announces its expansion into the Italian market, making its access management platform available to support hospitals, local healthcare companies and private care facilities in strengthening cybersecurity, optimizing workflows and improving patient care. Imprivata helps healthcare organizations provide fast, secure access to electronic health records, applications, shared workstations, mobile devices and other critical systems, while strengthening security and regulatory compliance.
Italian healthcare facilities continue to benefit from the momentum imparted by the investments of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), which has contributed to accelerating the focus on digitalisation, interoperability, cybersecurity and new models of territorial assistance. However, as Digital Transformation initiatives increase, these institutions are simultaneously facing growing cyber threats, staff shortages and burnout, as well as increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, including NIS2 compliance constraints, which officially came into force in Italy in October 2024.
In this context, the medical-care sector is faced with problems such as excessively long access times to systems, password fatigue, shared use of workstations, fragmented identity ecosystems and the intensification of IT risks. These critical issues can compromise the efficiency of healthcare personnel, increase the workload of IT support and take precious time away from patient care. As hospitals increasingly invest in digital technologies and connected care models, ensuring rapid, secure and seamless access to the infrastructure and applications used has therefore become a strategic objective.
Imprivata supports organizations with a comprehensive platform of identity security and access management solutions that include single sign-on (SSO), multi-factor authentication (MFA), privileged access management, risk-based authentication and analytics that leverage AI. These features allow doctors and healthcare professionals to securely access the devices, applications and information they need, without compromising security or interrupting the delivery of care.
“The healthcare sector cannot afford delays in accessing critical systems", he has declared Fran Rosch, CEO of Imprivata. “Every second of time that clinicians use for these operations is time taken away from patient care. Precisely for this reason, Imprivata is committed to guaranteeing rapid, secure and frictionless access to systems, while at the same time contributing to strengthening the IT resilience of healthcare organizations and supporting their compliance with regulatory compliance obligations, thus accompanying the digital transformation path of healthcare“.
Support the digital transformation of Italian healthcare
The healthcare sector is facing growing cybersecurity threats, workforce pressures and expanding digitalisation. Regulations such as NIS2 have raised rules and constraints on cybersecurity and operational resilience in Europe, including Italy, where organizations are committed to implementing the requirements of this regulation and the cybersecurity guidelines issued by the Italian Agency for National Cybersecurity (ACN). At the same time, healthcare facility managers must ensure that security measures do not create obstacles to the provision of care.
In Italy, healthcare is working to modernize workflows, expand digital services and improve interoperability between care settings, but inefficient access flows can lead to:
- Frustration and burnout of doctors and staff
- Sharing of credentials and use of non-compliant access procedures, up to the point of completely bypassing passwords, with consequent security risks
- IT staff overloaded due to increased credential reset calls
- Consequent reduction in productivity and time available for patient care
“Healthcare organizations across Italy must balance important digital transformation goals with increasing security and operational efficiency requirements. This makes secure and fast access a crucial factor", he has declared Gilberto Bonutti, Regional Sales Manager & Head of Italy di Imprivata. “But this challenge affects many sectors, such as manufacturing companies, where production continuity as well as the security of operational technologies are crucial points, and retail, where the distributed workforce and points of sale require agility, data protection and robust access control. Our goal is to help businesses across all industries strengthen security and compliance, while allowing staff to focus on their core activities.”
Founded in 2000, Imprivata helps companies around the world address the challenges of managing digital identities, security, regulatory compliance and protecting IT environments. Imprivata currently supports more than 4,000 companies globally, enabling more than 4 million healthcare professionals and others to securely use the systems and information they need to do their daily jobs. Imprivata technology is adopted by hospitals, health systems and care facilities around the world, enabling them to optimize workflows, strengthen cybersecurity and contribute to better and timely patient care.
To meet the needs of organizations, Imprivata offers a portfolio of solutions that includes:
- Enterprise Access Management (EAM) which guarantees simple and secure access management, including access via badge to shared workstations, individual computers and connected devices, as well as Single Sign-On authentication for applications installed within corporate infrastructures, or in cloud and remote environments. By eliminating the need to repeatedly enter usernames and passwords, Imprivata EAM helps healthcare workers spend more time caring for patients while meeting security and compliance requirements;
- Mobile Access Management that enables healthcare facilities to secure, manage and optimize shared-use mobile devices at scale, supporting clinical mobility and ensuring caregivers have reliable access to the tools they need across the care environment;
- Privileged Access Security which provides secure, role-based access to critical resources for internal privileged users, vendors and other third parties, as well as AI agents. A comprehensive corporate credential vault, session management, and a zero-trust framework protect your organization's most sensitive assets from unauthorized access.
