A healthy balance

The medical industry has a harder task than most to balance security with accessibility, but in the case of Blackrock Clinic, resilience is in its DNA, writes Quinton O’Reilly

John Hayes, head of IT at Blackrock Clinic

Some industries have it harder than others when it comes to protection. For most businesses, balancing accessibility with security measures is tough enough, as the two things don’t always see eye to eye.

In the medical industry, this is further complicated by things like the sensitivity of the medical data shared. And the fact that many major machines, such as scanners, aren’t designed to get yearly software updates — despite having a long ...