Zero Trust for the connected devices and systems that keep care running
Faction delivers enterprise-grade Zero Trust at a fraction of the cost of Enterprise SDN or ZTNA — protecting your vulnerable OT & IoT, data, and communications without rip-and-replace
Telemedicine, connected medical devices, and at-home eHealth equipment transformed care — and turned every practice and hospital into a target. Dentists, doctors, small practices and networks, rural and community hospitals — and the companies building eHealth and at-home devices — now carry enterprise-grade risk without an enterprise security team.
Much of the industry's attention goes to the EHR and the SaaS applications around it. But attackers don't need the EHR to disrupt care. When connected devices, building systems, or the data on everyday endpoints are compromised, the result isn't only a privacy breach — it's downtime. For a care provider, downtime is a patient-safety event.
The biggest threats aren't only to privacy. Ransomware that reaches connected medical devices, building systems, and OT can stop care cold — diverting ambulances and delaying procedures. Healthcare is also critical infrastructure: state-sponsored actors (the campaign known as Volt Typhoon) have pre-positioned inside U.S. critical networks to disrupt essential services. The foreign-made routers common in clinics and small offices only widen the opening — the FCC has determined they pose an unacceptable national-security risk.
Disrupted care
Canceled procedures, diverted ambulances, and delayed treatment when systems go down.
Patient safety
Tampered or disabled medical devices and OT put patients directly at risk.
Recovery costs
Incident response and downtime a small practice can't easily absorb.
Compliance & trust
Breaches carry HIPAA exposure and erode the trust at the center of care.
Networking
- Connected devices that monitor vital signs and dispense medication
- Secure communication between providers and patients — including ad-hoc, cross-network care
- Standing up secure-networking hardware across home and distributed sites
- Foreign-made routers now flagged as a national-security risk, already in your office
Devices
- Medical devices and sensors that can't run security agents
- Equipment on unsupported or unpatchable operating systems
- BYOD apps connecting to personal and at-home eHealth devices
- Everyday office gear — printers, cameras, UPS — used as a way in
Data
- Patient–caregiver email and messaging kept private
- Sharing and storing imaging, video, and records without HIPAA exposure
- Data downloaded onto BYOD laptops, tablets, and phones
- Giving patients real control over their own records
Virtual Private Circuit (VPC)
Take the network, applications, and devices off the public internet into a circuit only your practice can see and reach — then segment and micro-segment it with Groups, so clinical, office, and guest systems can't reach each other unless you allow it.
- Clinical and office systems on one owner-controlled network
- No public exposure to scan or reach
- Spans clinics, home, and remote staff
- Granular access between systems — no firewall-rule sprawl
Owner-Held Keys & Zero Knowledge
Encryption keys are created and held by you and never leave your devices. Faction routes traffic but has no access to the content you protect.
- Data encrypted in transit and at rest
- Keys stay with the practice, not a vendor
- Faction can't read protected records
- No third party in your trust path
Zero Trust, Identity-Based Access
Every user and device is authenticated and authorized; nothing anonymous can reach the network. Step up to verified human identity for sensitive actions.
- Out-of-band Zero Trust authentication
- Scoped, revocable access for vendors and partners
- Biometric step-up via iValt (roadmap) for high-risk actions
- Full access logs for audit
Cyber-Assured Hardware — Pods & Portals
Faction's own purpose-built, Cyber-Assured networking hardware brings medical devices that can't run agents into the circuit — no software on the device — and is trusted hardware by design, a direct answer to the foreign hardware now flagged by the FCC.
- Bring imaging, monitors, and lab gear off the internet
- No agent, no patching required
- US-made, independently source-inspected
- A trusted alternative to flagged consumer hardware
Encrypted Data & Ransomware-Proof Backup
The Faction Data Security Suite keeps files, email, and media encrypted under your keys — and backs them up where only you can decrypt them.
- Keep the email and cloud drives staff already use
- Every file encrypted under your own keys
- Owner-keyed backup that can't be held to ransom
- Share records without HIPAA exposure
Factionize your infrastructure — don't rip and replace it
What about the foreign-made routers on the FCC's list, or the older devices in the office that can't be patched? Replacing working equipment is costly and disruptive for a practice with no downtime to spare.
Factionizing is the faster, lower-cost path. Faction services and software secure the hardware you already run — and replace only what genuinely can't be secured — bringing your office to a Zero Trust, Cyber-Assured state with minimal disruption.
- Secure existing networking hardware in place rather than replacing it.
- Replace only what can't be brought up to standard — with Cyber-Assured Pods & Portals.
- No rip-and-replace project and no downtime.
- Reach Zero Trust on your timeline and budget.
Supports your HIPAA & HITECH program
Because data is encrypted in transit and at rest and the keys stay with you, Faction supports HIPAA and HITECH obligations as a property of the architecture — not a policy you enforce on top of it.
Identity-based, least-privilege access to systems and records; nothing anonymous on the network.
Communications and file sharing encrypted under your own keys, in transit and at rest.
Full, scoped logs of who and what reached each system.
Owner-held keys keep records authentic and tamper-evident.
Owner-keyed backup keeps records recoverable and out of ransom reach.
Foreign-made routers pose clear risks and must be phased out. Factionize or drop in Pods & Portals to mitigate — without rip & replace.
Take action
Ransomware and nation-state threats to connected devices and OT keep rising while budgets stay flat. Faction lets you adopt Zero Trust rapidly and affordably — protecting patients, devices, and the care you deliver. Contact us for a consultation tailored to your practice.