{"id":111328,"date":"2024-06-11T07:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?post_type=resource&p=111328"},"modified":"2024-06-18T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T14:55:31","slug":"deciphex-uses-jumpcloud-to-secure-sensitive-healthcare-data-ensure-compliance","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/resources\/deciphex-uses-jumpcloud-to-secure-sensitive-healthcare-data-ensure-compliance","title":{"rendered":"Deciphex Uses JumpCloud to Secure Sensitive Healthcare Data & Ensure Compliance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Deciphex<\/a> is a software development company that builds AI-powered solutions that help pathologists work more productively, improve patient outcomes, and accelerate drug development. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Deciphex has 250 employees, many of whom work remotely. In October 2023, Deciphex announced<\/a> it had raised \u20ac10 million in venture debt after closing a \u20ac14.4 million Series B round earlier that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In December 2021, Ben Cranks joined Deciphex as an infrastructure and support manager, overseeing Diagnexia, an online clinical pathology department that provides diagnostics and consultancy services. After building a career working in pre-sales for big-name tech companies, Cranks was ready to change gears and move to a job he found more satisfying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis Diagnexia role was a chance to move to a mission-led organization and help make a real direct impact on people\u2019s lives,\u201d Cranks says. \u201cWe help pathologists get diagnoses quicker, which helps patients move on with their lives faster \u2014 either starting their treatments sooner or being told that everything is okay.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n In December 2023, Deciphex was named Medtech Company of the Year<\/a> at the Irish Medtech Awards; the company was also given the Digital Health Innovation of the Year award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe were very flattered by that,\u201d Cranks continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Cranks started at Deciphex, he was the company\u2019s 85th employee; today, the organization is powered by a team of 250. Shortly thereafter, Pedro Accarini came on board to complement Cranks, jumpstarting the IT team together, with Cranks interfacing with external pathologists and Accarini serving as the in-house IT resource.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was the first IT person dedicated toward Diagnexia. What I quickly realized is that we did the classic organic growth thing where everybody buys bits from here and there when they need to. So we had a very diverse fleet of tools, and it was significantly challenging to manage. When you don\u2019t have an enterprise IT background, you don\u2019t understand how challenges like this stack up as you scale. <\/p>\nBen Cranks, Infrastructure and Support Manager, Deciphex<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n At the time, the company was having problems enforcing policies and started looking for a solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe went out to the market and looked at other domain solutions, but many were very dependent on being bought into the ecosystem,\u201d Cranks continues. \u201cIt didn\u2019t make sense for us to invest in a major vendor\u2019s platform for domain control and policy enforcement when they essentially want you to go all in with them, or not go in at all.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n After searching for an \u201cAzure AD alternative<\/a>\u201d on Google, Cranks and his team came across several different vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We looked through all of them and found that JumpCloud was by far the most impressive due to the features, ease of use, help, and support. What we liked about JumpCloud is that it allows that flexibility of not having to lock into a single ecosystem.<\/p>\nBen Cranks, Infrastructure and Support Manager, Deciphex<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n Cranks and his team were also drawn to JumpCloud\u2019s robust documentation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAny time you\u2019re talking about group domain controllers and policy enforcements, you\u2019re going to need those docs, and that was particularly key for us as well.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Liking what they saw, Deciphex decided to move forward with JumpCloud for policy enforcement<\/a>. At this point, Cranks and his team launched a small internal pilot program that went off without a hitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOnce we were satisfied, we pushed it out pretty rapidly to get that compliance and policy enforcement in place,\u201d Cranks says. \u201cHonestly, the tool was so easy and straightforward to work with. You just throw it on machines and fire it up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As Warren Buffett says, it takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to destroy it. As a company that operates in the healthcare space, security and compliance are top of mind for Deciphex. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cReputation is the number-one asset in the medical space \u2014 it\u2019s the apex around which the whole organization pivots,\u201d Cranks says. \u201cNo one would touch us with two barge poles taped together if we couldn\u2019t protect data. We\u2019re pushing into a space where we\u2019re not familiar to the players in the space. Oftentimes, the first time they hear about us is when we walk through the door. I would rather that continue to be the case rather than the first time they hear about us is in the newspaper because we lost patient data. That would be fatal to us.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n With JumpCloud sitting in the middle of its IT footprint, Deciphex can take a proactive security and compliance stance, keeping sensitive personally identifiable information (PII) safe and the company\u2019s reputation intact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cJumpCloud is a major part of our compliance journey,\u201d Cranks explains. \u201cWhen we\u2019re on a call with an auditor, we can stand over our devices and say, \u2018Yes, we\u2019re employing encryption, we\u2019re collecting the keys, we\u2019re preventing users from doing x <\/em>and we\u2019re preventing users from doing y<\/em>, and we can prove that we can enforce those policies through a single pane of glass thanks to JumpCloud. It\u2019s not something we have to pause and wait for answers. We can show them right away, say, \u2018Here are the controls, here\u2019s how we\u2019ve grouped everyone.\u2019 It\u2019s really easy to walk someone through that story.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n To ensure that only authorized users can access applications and data \u2014 and that users can access the resources they need without any issues \u2014 Accarini introduced JumpCloud\u2019s single sign-on<\/a> (SSO) capabilities. To further enhance the company\u2019s security framework, he rolled out SSO along with Google Workspace password synchronization and a stronger password policy. In addition to strengthening security, it\u2019s also made life easier for the two-person IT team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSSO has greatly reduced my volume,\u201d Cranks says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On top of this, Accarini implemented automatic Windows update policies and has overseen BitLocker management via JumpCloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis ensures our data protection measures are both efficient and scalable,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a cloud-native organization with no local servers and no local domains, all the resources Deciphex employees use live in the cloud. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey\u2019re all tied to JumpCloud in the background,\u201d Cranks explains. \u201cWhen we need to retire folks or separate from them, it\u2019s really easy to lock them out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the event an employee\u2019s laptop goes missing, Cranks can \u201cgo straight into JumpCloud, tick a few boxes, and make sure the machine is wiped on its next reboot \u2014 we already know the device is encrypted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As the internal IT resource, Accarini is tasked with getting devices out to new employees; JumpCloud makes the process of remotely enrolling and managing local users a breeze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I get a new device, install a JumpCloud agent, sign into the device from the cloud, add the user to the right group, and software and policies are deployed automatically. JumpCloud has greatly simplified the process of enrolling devices to users; each unit is ready to ship in 15 or 20 minutes. <\/p>\nPedro Accarini, IT Manager, Deciphex<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n As Deciphex continues to grow, Cranks says JumpCloud has scaled \u201cperfectly\u201d alongside it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve never had to worry about adding 20 more users and whether JumpCloud would struggle,\u201d Cranks says. \u201cThat\u2019s never been a concern of ours.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n As the company\u2019s needs become more sophisticated, JumpCloud continues expanding its offerings, delivering new features that Deciphex needs at the perfect times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019ve seen the product mature,\u201d Cranks explains. \u201cThat\u2019s what we like about JumpCloud: It\u2019s growing the way we are. More and more bits are coming in when we need them, and that\u2019s key to us unlocking the benefits of being cloud-centric and cloud-native.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike other solutions on the market, Cranks enjoys the fact that JumpCloud isn\u2019t trying to \u201ctie me into other products.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMany other vendors clearly want you to purchase their other products, and if you don\u2019t, things are quite challenging,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s not the case with JumpCloud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhatever tools are best for our business, I can integrate them with JumpCloud, and JumpCloud will make the experience work,\u201d Cranks concludes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n JumpCloud changes the way IT administrators manage their organizations by providing a comprehensive and flexible cloud directory platform. From one pane of glass, manage user identities and resource access, secure Mac, Windows, and Linux devices, and get a full view of your environment. Read more about why Deciphex, an AI software development company, uses JumpCloud to secure sensitive data and ensure compliance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":111351,"template":"","categories":[1],"collection":[2775],"wheel_hubs":[],"platform":[],"resource_type":[2313],"funnel_stage":[3014],"coauthors":[2537],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStruggling to Manage & Secure a Patchwork IT Ecosystem at Scale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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