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Michigan Medicine recently achieved a significant goal of ensuring that 100 percent of all devices connecting to its internal network by wire are accounted for, cat<\/span>egorized by device type, and secured with the necessary protocols required to protect two-way communication from cyberattacks.\u00a0A program to enhance network security and identify all electronic equipment connecting to Michigan Medicine internal resources was endorsed in fall 2016 by Marschall S. Runge, executive vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Medical School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Making the IT environment as secure as possible is integral to Michigan Medicine’s three-part mission of supporting education, research, and patient care.\u00a0<\/span>The most recent accomplishment represents Part\u00a0<\/span>II of the Networ<\/span>k Admission Control or \u201cNAC\u201d initiative, which concluded in January 2018 after successfully inventorying more than 95,000 devices. Part I of the NAC initiative\u2014enabling the same security for all devices accessing the wireless networks\u2014was successfully executed in April 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis has been a great effort and one of the largest IT projects at Michigan Medicine,\u201d said Joe Kryza, senior director of Health Information Technology & Services enterprise infrastructure and project co-sponsor. \u201cWe closed significant security issues, established a device governance model, and captured analytic information which will enable improved service delivery and guide our future budget and service planning.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n The Connected Inventory\/NAC effort required extensive collaborative efforts involving over 450 staff from the medical center, facilities, security, communications, research, and third-party vendors working together for over 18 months to meet its goal. The establishment of the common model of device governance now ensures any device within the Michigan Medicine infrastructure must be aligned with a trusted IT service provider for deployment. <\/span><\/p>\n Congratulations to everyone who was involved with or supported this endeavor.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Supporting the mission<\/h1>\n
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