At Switchshop, we understand the important role cyber security plays in healthcare.
From protecting critical systems to supporting operational resilience, effective security helps keep services running smoothly for patients and staff. Switchshop delivers integrated cyber security solutions for NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) and healthcare providers.
Combining expertise across networking, cyber security, cloud, and managed services, our team helps organisations gain greater visibility, manage cyber risk, and strengthen their security posture.
Whether you’re supporting infrastructure modernisations, Zero Trust initiatives, improved threat detection or compliance programmes, our specialists design and implement solutions that align with organisational objectives while supporting day-to-day operations.
Talk to our healthcare cyber security specialists to discover how Switchshop can help improve cyber resilience across your organisation.
Cyber Security Solutions Designed for NHS Environments
Working closely with NHS organisations has given Switchshop valuable insights into healthcare IT and cyber security. Multiple sites, clinical applications, medical devices, cloud services and third-party integrations create complex challenges that require a connected, strategic approach to cyber security. Switchshop helps NHS organisations:
- Improve visibility across users, devices, applications and networks
- Reduce cyber risk through layered security controls
- Protect critical clinical systems and patient data
- Accelerate threat detection and response
- Support compliance objectives and governance requirements
- Build long-term operational resilience
Our approach focuses on delivering practical security outcomes that support healthcare services today while preparing organisations for future challenges.
Why NHS Organisations Choose Switchshop
Security that Supports Patient Care: Effective cyber security should enable critical teams, not create barriers to care delivery. We design solutions that strengthen protection while maintaining accessibility and performance.
Greater Visibility Across Complex Estates: Gain enhanced insight into users, devices, applications and network activity across your environment.
Reduced Cyber Risk: Implement layered security controls that help prevent, detect and respond to evolving cyber threats, including ransomware, phishing and credential-based attacks.
Compliance-Focused Security: Support your organisation’s wider governance and compliance objectives through solutions aligned with NHS security frameworks and industry best practices.
Long-Term Cyber Resilience: Create a sustainable security strategy that protects critical services today while supporting future digital transformation initiatives.
Our NHS Cyber Security Solutions
Modernise Legacy Firewall Infrastructure
Firewalls remain a critical layer of defence within NHS security architectures. Switchshop helps organisations modernise legacy firewall environments with intelligent, scalable security platforms designed to protect users, applications and critical healthcare systems.
Key Benefits:
- Advanced threat protection
- Intrusion Prevention
- Secure remote access
- Application-aware traffic control
- Threat intelligence integration
- Enhanced network visibility
Outcome: Improved protection, greater control and stronger resilience across your network perimeter.
Secure Critical Systems Through Network Segmentation
Many NHS estates have evolved, resulting in highly interconnected environments that can increase risk exposure. Switchshop designs and implements network segmentation strategies that create secure boundaries between critical systems, helping contain cyber threats and reduce lateral movement across your estate.
Typical segmentation areas include Electronic Patient Record (EPR) systems, clinical and medical devices, corporate networks, data centres, internet-facing applications, and guest Wi-Fi environments
Key Benefits:
- Reduced attack surface
- Improved access control
- Stronger protection for critical systems
- Enhanced visibility across the network
- Increased operational resilience
Outcome: A more secure and resilient infrastructure with improved control over critical healthcare services.
Detect and Respond to Threats Faster with EDR
Traditional antivirus solutions are no longer sufficient to defend against modern cyber threats.
Switchshop deploys Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions that provide continuous visibility, proactive threat detection and advanced protection across your endpoint estate.
EDR capabilities include behavioural threat detection, ransomware protection, threat hunting, automated response actions, incident investigation and real-time monitoring.
Protected assets are clinical workstations, administrative devices, servers, laptops and virtual environments.
Outcome: Faster threat identification and containment with reduced operational disruption.
Reduce Identity-Based Risks with Modern Access Controls
Compromised identities remain one of the most common routes into healthcare environments, making effective identity security a critical component of cyber resilience. Switchshop helps organisations implement identity-first security strategies that reduce the risk of unauthorised access and account compromise.
Identity Security Solutions:
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- Conditional Access Policies
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Identity Governance
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
Outcome: Stronger protection against phishing, credential theft and unauthorised access.
24/7 Threat Detection and Security Monitoring
Cyber threats don’t operate during business hours, and neither should your security monitoring. Switchshop’s managed services provide continuous monitoring and expert analysis to help detect, investigate and respond to threats before they impact operations.
Security Operations Centre (SOC) Services:
- 24/7 threat monitoring
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Alert management and investigation
- Threat intelligence integration
- Incident response support
- Security reporting and analysis
Outcome: Faster response times, improved visibility and increased organisational resilience.
Supporting NHS Security and Compliance
Cyber security not only reduces organisational risk but also supports governance, compliance and wider digital transformation programmes. Switchshop’s solutions help healthcare organisations strengthen security controls in support of:
Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT)
Supporting organisations in implementing effective technical controls that protect patient data and reduce cyber risk.
Cyber Essential Plus
Helping healthcare providers strengthen fundamental security controls and demonstrate good cyber security practices.
NHS Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF)
Supporting a structured approach to managing risk, protecting services, detecting threats and responding effectively to incidents.
Delivering Security Without Compromising Patient Care
Every technology decision within healthcare must support the delivery of safe and effective patient care. That’s why Switchshop focuses on cyber security solutions that:
- Strengthen organisational resilience
- Improve visibility across complex estates
- Protect clinical infrastructure and clinical systems
- Reduced operational risk
- Support secure digital transformation
- Enable the safe delivery of healthcare services
Our solutions are designed to help NHS organisations improve security outcomes while maintaining the availability and performance that frontline teams depend on every day.
Frequently Asked Questions
What cyber security challenges are most common within NHS organisations?
NHS organisations often manage complex IT estates that include clinical applications, medical devices, cloud services, remote users and third-party integrations. This can create challenges around visibility, access control, threat detection, ransomware protection and compliance.
How can Switchshop help improve cyber resilience?
Switchshop helps NHS organisations strengthen resilience through firewall modernisation, network segmentation, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), identity security and 24/7 monitoring services. Our approach focuses on reducing risk while maintaining the availability of critical healthcare services.
Why is network segmentation important for NHS environments?
Network segmentation helps create secure boundaries between critical systems such as Electronic Patient Records (EPR) platforms, medical devices, corporate networks and internet-facing services. This can reduce the spread of cyber threats and improve overall security across the estate.
How does EDR differ from traditional antivirus software?
Traditional antivirus software primarily identifies known threats, whereas Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) solutions provide continuous monitoring, behavioural analysis, threat detection, investigation capabilities and automated response actions to help identify and contain advanced attacks.
How can identity security reduce cyber risk?
Identity-based attacks, including phishing and credential theft, are among the most common methods used by cyber criminals. Security measures such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Conditional Access, Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Single Sign-On (SSO) help reduce the risk of unauthorised access.
Can Switchshop support NHS compliance requirements?
Yes. Switchshop helps organisations implement security controls that support frameworks and standards such as the Data Security and Protection Toolkit (DSPT), Cyber Essentials Plus and the NHS Cyber-Assessment Framework (CAF).
Do you offer 24/7 security monitoring?
Yes. Switchshop provides managed services from tier one vendors that include 24/7 threat monitoring, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), threat intelligence, incident investigation and response support.
Can Switchshop work alongside existing NHS IT teams?
Absolutely. We work as an extension of your internal IT and security teams, providing specialist expertise, guidance and technology solutions that complement existing resources and operational processes.
