United Imaging Reaffirms Commitment to Cybersecurity by Partnering with Clearwater

HOUSTON,June 24,2020 -- United Imaging,a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment,has again affirmed its strategic commitment to leadership in cybersecurity risk management and cybersecurity protection by partnering with Clearwater,the leading provider of enterprise cyber risk management solutions for the healthcare industry.

Clearwater has been engaged by hundreds of healthcare providers and some of the largest medical device manufacturers to deliver highly scalable solutions that conform to the unique needs of each organization. The combination of Clearwater's IRM|Pro® software platform,expert consulting services,and proven methodology provides customers with a comprehensive solution that maps to their specific environment,protects their data,and ensures compliance with industry regulations.

Inthemedicalimagingarena,Clearwater's expertconsultants andpowerful IRM|Analysis™ softwarehave recently beentapped to support theNIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence initiative to identify risks common in the medical imaging IT environment andrecommend securitycontrolsto manage that risk.

"Meetingandeven exceeding accepted,objective third-party standards for datasecurity isextremely important to United Imaging,"affirmed RichardAlbanese,the VP of Operations who led the U.S.-based project team. "Whileno organization is ever completely immune,asa globalcompany we owe ittoourselves andour customers tobe at the forefrontof what'srecommended,so we will continue toproactively investin thisarea."

United Imaging engaged Clearwater initially to perform a Cybersecurity Program Performance Assessment of its manufacturing. Built around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework,the program performance assessment is a non-technical,administrative evaluation of organizational cybersecurity control expectations,focused on governance practices,policies,standards,procedures,and guidelines. The assessment reviewed the status of individual cybersecurity controls being used by United Imaging by isolating and evaluating control building blocks and their level of adoption across the enterprise.

Basedoninformation providedby UnitedImagingduring theengagement,theClearwater team rated the organization's cybersecurityoperation asvery matureand in thetop range ofperformance relative tocontrolexpectations.

"Ourassessment of its manufacturing operations determined that United Imaginghas anextremely robust cybersecurity risk managementprogram.For example,eachbusinessunit hasitsown cybersecurityleadershipand cybersecurity riskmanagement team," saidClearwaterSenior Principal Consultant Dr. GeorgeJackson,who led the assessment team. "Thesedivisional teams meet monthly andreport quarterlytoaUnited Imaging cyber risk governanceboard that overseescybersecurity operations for theentire enterprise. They embedadetailed cyber riskmanagement policy andprocessinto all oftheir operational procedureswhenevernecessary and practical. What's more,these policies and procedures are managedand audited ona regularbasis."

"United Imaging treats cybersecurity as a top global priority," confirmed Albanese. "This is an area that changes and requires continued monitoring to manage. We have the right protocols in place to do so,and we intend to keep it that way."

ABOUT UNITED IMAGING

UnitedImagingdevelops andproduces advanced medical products,digital healthcaresolutions,andintelligentsolutions that cover the entire processof imagingdiagnosis and treatment.Foundedin2011,our company has subsidiaries andR&D centersacross the world. Our North Americanheadquarters campus in Houston includes our corporate offices,factory,productshowroom,service training center,and service parts distributioncenter. Witha cutting-edgedigital portfolio and a mission ofbroader access tohealthcare for all,we help driveindustryprogress andbold change.

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