Imprivata

Imprivata is a US-based provider of digital identity and access management solutions with a strong focus on healthcare and other critical work environments. The company develops solutions that enable secure access to applications, devices, and clinical systems without unnecessarily slowing down the workflows of physicians, nurses, administrators, or support teams.

At the core is the combination of security, efficiency, and usability. Especially in healthcare, employees often need to access various applications, patient data, mobile devices, shared workstations, or medical systems under significant time pressure. Imprivata addresses exactly this challenge with solutions for single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, passwordless access, shared device workflows, mobile access, and privileged access.

The Imprivata portfolio includes solutions for enterprise access management, mobile access, mobile device access, mobile access management, privileged access, authentication, and compliance-related access control. The solutions are specifically tailored to work environments where fast user switching, shared devices, high security requirements, and complex application landscapes come together.

• Imprivata Enterprise Access Management – faster and more secure access to applications

Imprivata Enterprise Access Management, formerly known as Imprivata OneSign, helps organizations with secure single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and passwordless access. Employees can access the applications they need more quickly, while security policies are enforced centrally.

Especially in day-to-day clinical work, Enterprise Access Management reduces the number of manual logins and minimizes password friction. Users can, for example, log in using a badge, smart card, biometric method, or other authentication methods, and gain access to approved applications, desktops, and systems.

This gives IT and security teams better control over authentication policies, sessions, and access patterns. At the same time, the user experience for employees improves, as critical applications become faster and easier to access.

• Single Sign-On (SSO) and passwordless access

A key benefit of Imprivata lies in simplifying login processes. In many healthcare environments, employees use numerous applications per shift and frequently switch between devices, workstations, and contexts. Traditional password logins cost time, increase the likelihood of errors, and encourage insecure workarounds.

With single sign-on and passwordless access options, Imprivata supports faster, more secure, and consistent login processes. This allows clinical teams to focus more on care and workflows, while IT and security continue to centrally manage authentication, policies, and access control.

• Multi-factor authentication for sensitive access scenarios

Imprivata supports multi-factor authentication for scenarios where additional security is required. This includes access to sensitive patient data, remote access, critical applications, privileged actions, or workflows that require special protection.

The strength lies in implementing MFA not in isolation, but in a workflow-oriented way. Instead of applying security mechanisms uniformly and disruptively, authentication requirements can be adapted to context, application, risk, and user group. This increases security without unnecessarily impacting productivity.

• Mobile access and shared device management

In healthcare and other critical operating environments, mobile devices are often shared work tools. Nurses, physicians, technical teams, or mobile employees access smartphones, tablets, or specialized devices that are used on a shift or function basis

Imprivata offers solutions for secure access to shared mobile devices and applications. These include Mobile Access, Mobile Device Access, and Mobile Access Management. The goal is to simplify logins, make devices usable in a personalized way, and at the same time ensure security, traceability, and control.

Especially with shared device strategies, it is essential that devices are quickly available, can be clearly assigned to a user context, and that no security gaps arise when switching between employees. Imprivata supports this process through simple authentication, controlled sessions, and mobile-first access management features.

• Privileged access and third-party access

Imprivata also addresses privileged access and secure access for external service providers or technical support partners. In critical environments, maintenance access, administrator actions, and external connections must be controlled with particular care.

Through controlled access paths, authentication, logging, and policies, organizations can ensure that privileged and external access occurs only to the extent necessary. This reduces risks from permanently active accounts, shared credentials, or uncontrolled third-party access.

• Access compliance and risk transparency

Imprivata also helps organizations better understand access patterns and meet compliance requirements related to sensitive data. Especially in healthcare, this involves protecting patient data, ensuring the traceability of access, and detecting unusual usage patterns.

Through access analytics and compliance-related features, organizations can better detect unusual access, support investigations, and implement security and data protection requirements more consistently.

Imprivata is particularly well suited for organizations that require both secure access and smooth workflows at the same time. Traditional IAM solutions often focus on centralized user management, governance, or provisioning. Imprivata focuses more strongly on the actual moment of access: Who is logging in and where, how quickly is access possible, how is identity verified, and how does the process remain practical for users?

Typical use cases include hospitals with shared workstations, care facilities with mobile devices, clinical applications with high authentication requirements, remote access to sensitive systems, shared kiosk and workstation scenarios, and critical operating environments with high requirements for security and availability.

Imprivata is especially useful when many employees frequently switch between applications, devices, and workstations. The solution helps reduce login times, minimize password issues, implement security policies consistently, and make access traceable.

In healthcare and critical infrastructure, protecting sensitive data is essential. Organizations must ensure that only authorized individuals have access to patient data, clinical systems, medical applications, or administrative functions. At the same time, access must be documented in a traceable way, and security policies must be implemented consistently.

Imprivata supports these requirements through strong authentication, single sign-on, access control, session context, mobile device management, and compliance-related access evaluations. This makes it easier to meet requirements for data protection, information security, and auditability.

For companies and organizations in Europe, requirements related to data protection, NIS2, KRITIS, ISO 27001 and industry-specific regulations are particularly relevant. Imprivata can help combine security and usability in a way that regulatory requirements do not lead to additional complexity in daily operations.

Imprivata stands out through its strong industry focus on healthcare and other critical infrastructure. The company plays to its strengths especially in work environments where secure, fast processes and high usability are essential.

Another key difference lies in its closeness to clinical workflows. Imprivata takes into account that healthcare employees often log in on shared devices, quickly switch between patient contexts, and need to access various applications under time pressure. The solution reduces access friction without neglecting security requirements.

Another differentiating factor is the combination of single sign-on, passwordless access, MFA, shared device strategies, and mobile access. This allows Imprivata not only to simplify traditional workstation logins, but also to securely integrate mobile and shared devices into access control.

Integration into existing clinical and IT-related system landscapes is also a major advantage. Imprivata is designed to connect legacy applications, modern systems, mobile devices, and specialized workflows. This makes the solution particularly suitable for organizations that want to modernize their work processes without completely replacing existing systems.

Imprivata is therefore particularly relevant for companies and organizations that view digital identity not only from a security perspective, but as a direct component of productivity, patient care, and operational safety.

Imprivata's licensing model typically depends on the products used, user groups, authentication scenarios, and operating models. Depending on the solution, modules for Enterprise Access Management, Mobile Access, Mobile Device Access, Mobile Access Management, privileged access, or compliance-related features may be relevant.

In practice, the licensing model is usually tailored to the specific environment: number of users, number and type of devices, applications used, authentication methods, scope of integration, and desired features. Especially in healthcare, shared device scenarios and clinical workflows also play an important role in the design.

IPG helps companies define the appropriate feature scope, coordinate licensing options with the manufacturer, and plan the solution so that costs, benefits, and the operating scenario align.

Depending on the product, architecture, and target environment, Imprivata solutions can be integrated into existing IT and healthcare landscapes. The focus is on the secure connection of applications, end devices, directory services, clinical systems, and mobile devices.

Use in hybrid environments is particularly relevant. Many healthcare organizations operate a mix of traditional applications, virtual desktops, on-premises systems, cloud services, mobile devices, and specialized clinical applications. Imprivata supports this diversity through flexible integration options and workflow-oriented access management.

As a certified Premier Partner of Imprivata, IPG has in-depth expertise and many years of project experience in implementing Imprivata OneSign and other solutions on the Imprivata platform. We support hospitals and KRITIS organizations from strategic planning through technical implementation to operation and support – always with a focus on security, efficiency, and usability. Our close partnership with Imprivata guarantees you up-to-date product knowledge, direct manufacturer support, and tailored solutions that prove their value in everyday practice.

IPG has implemented Imprivata solutions in demanding environments where fast and secure access is business- or care-critical. The focus is particularly often on clinics, healthcare organizations, and critical infrastructure.

Projects typically involve implementing single sign-on, reducing password-related effort, securing sensitive applications, deploying multi-factor authentication, enabling access to shared workstations or mobile devices, and improving traceability and user experience.

A concrete example from practice is the IPG reference Imprivata & ORBIS, which shows how Imprivata can be used in conjunction with clinical application scenarios.

Would you like to implement Imprivata in your organization, simplify clinical access processes, or implement secure authentication for shared devices, mobile workflows, and critical applications?

IPG supports you with consulting, architecture, implementation, integration, and operation of modern Imprivata solutions. Contact us for individual consulting, a product demo, or a quick check of your existing access management landscape.