Client Profile
 | Oklahoma City specialty medical clinic with 4 doctors, 2 nurses, small operations staff |
| Clinic reliant upon collaboration tools such as Outlook to schedule meetings and staff |
| HIPAA objectives stringent, with needs for encrypted e-mail, VPN connections to resources at hospitals, and audit trails for all critical information access |
Project Objectives:
| Install two (2) separate networks capable of sharing single Internet connection |
| Virtual private network (VPN) firewall protection |
| Protected power to all network equipment, automated power monitoring |
| Server data access auditing, server security |
| Network monitoring |
| Automated data backups, automated alerts for server or services failures |
| Automated tape-based data backup |
| Automated virus scanning |
| Printer server services |
| Intranet services |
Project Results:
| Network secured with typically 10-15 unsuccessful attacks logged daily |
| VPN allows research and other web services from the clinic to hospitals using 168-bit encrypted connection, resulting in improved quality of patient care |
| Brownouts are registered several times per month with no ill effects on protected equipment, no outages |
| Data protected on servers from unauthorized access. Access to sensitive data is audited on a continuous basis |
| DVITS provides network monitoring of all servers, routers, printers and other network devices. DVITS is working to correct problems prior to client even being aware there is one |
| Automated backups with offsite storage of backup media allows clinic to function without data integrity concerns |
| Virus scanning catches problems before they spread |