Omega Healthcare Elevates Its Security Posture with ColorTokens’ Enterprise Microsegmentation Platform

Learn how Omega Healthcare fortified its cyber defenses, reduced its attack surface, and simplified compliance—with ColorTokens.

Results & Benefits

In just a few weeks, the deployment of ColorTokens’ Xshield Enterprise Microsegmentation Platform yielded substantial benefits for Omega Healthcare:

70% reduction in attack surface, removing traditional VLANs/ACLs from firewall and network devices.
50% reduction in blind spots and granular visibility into 80% of east-west traffic through the visualizer.
Integrated, Single Zero Trust platform combining application segmentation, user segmentation, and user-to-application segmentation.
No manual policy updates upon IP changes, reducing administrative overhead.
Enhanced security resilience and business continuity by providing data protection from ransomware-like threats.
Achieved key industry security and compliance certifications with reduced operational overhead.

“As a leading technology services provider, the safety and security of our customer data is our utmost priority. With the rise in cyber threats, we recognized the need for a robust and proactive defense strategy. There are many solutions available on the market, but we specifically chose ColorTokens for its microsegmentation capabilities, secure remote access, comprehensive endpoint, and cloud protection capabilities, and more importantly, the ease of implementation and ongoing operations. ColorTokens gives us a competitive advantage by ensuring our customers can benefit from secure connections on client applications no matter where they are.”

— Bangaru Babu

Vice President and Global Head of Information Technology, Omega Healthcare

Business Challenges

Omega Healthcare sought to strengthen its security framework amidst increasing cloud adoption and a growing remote workforce. Key challenges included:

Strengthening the IT architecture was critical to ensuring advanced threat prevention while supporting independent customer networks.
No integrated view of IT security posture due to multiple tools and devices.
Increased Cloud adoption to support business growth adding to the security complexity.
Modernizing robust processes like VLANs with automation presented an opportunity to simplify security and enhance compliance efforts.
Larger attack surface due to the increase in remote workforce.
Augmenting security controls was essential to streamline compliance and meet evolving industry standards.

The ColorTokens Solution

Omega Healthcare adopted ColorTokens Xshield, a Zero Trust microsegmentation solution to secure users, applications, and server workloads.

Key deployment highlights:

Prevented lateral movement within Omega Healthcare’s networks by deploying Xshield, without requiring additional infrastructure changes.
Blocked malicious processes by default at the endpoint level, preventing peer-to-peer communication and endpoint discoverability.
Minimized the need for physical OTC (Operational Technology Control) with dedicated firewalls and physical security measures.
Segmented access for employees to applications reduced unauthorized user access, mitigating lateral movement risks.
Reduced risks associated with an increased remote workforce through Secure User Application Segmentation and user-specific access policies.
Advanced Tag-based Microsegmentation policies bring agility and automation to dynamic IT environments, extending data centre-level security to the cloud.

Conclusion

With ColorTokens, Omega Healthcare gained a comprehensive approach towards breach readiness. Adopting a tailored cybersecurity strategy empowered Omega Healthcare to remain a successful leader in the BPO and Information Technology Enabled Services (ITeS) sector, fostering continuous growth and innovation. Schedule a personalized demo.