Imprivata announced on Monday that it has completed its acquisition of SecureLink, which develops critical access management and privacy monitoring technology. The goal is to provide more value for its customers by integrating and automating SecureLink's autonomous identity systems, according to Imprivata. Adding SecureLink to its portfolio helps address the need for a single source to enable and protect all digital identities, say company officials, from enterprise to third parties.

SecureLink has officially become the latest target of Imprivata’s acquisition strategy. The company is best known for its access management and patient monitoring solutions. Imprivata is planning to leverage that portfolio to improve remote security now that it has formally completed its acquisition. In that regard, Imprivata believes that SecureLink’s tech will be especially useful for healthcare organizations that do a lot of work with third-party vendors, who are often not fully integrated with the rest of an organization’s internal cybersecurity system.

IT security company Imprivata picked up critical access management firm SecureLink to expand its cybersecurity solutions for healthcare. The deal, first announced Feb. 23, values the combined health care technology company at approximately $3.5 billion, Axios' Sarah Pringle reports. Software investment firm Thoma Bravo acquired Imprivata in 2016 in a deal valued at approximately $544 million.

There is certainly no shortage of articles being written about cybersecurity, the evolving security threats presented by a remote workforce or the proliferation of devices used to access data that make the security of data increasingly vulnerable. There is also no shortage of suggestions about how to mitigate risk for organizations. And yet, in many ways, those topics often seem more like concepts and less like risk warnings. The reality is that we are at risk, that the risk is growing exponentially and that those who target information rely on complacency to succeed.

Mark McArdle is Chief Products and Design Officer at IT security leader, Imprivata. The company has worked within healthcare for two decades. Its Imprivata OneSign, FairWarning and virtual smartcard solutions are helping to secure NHS hospitals across the UK. Mark is himself an industry veteran, with a cybersecurity career stretching back to the early ‘90s. Health Tech World got in touch with Mark to learn more about digital identity and how the pandemic has accelerated innovation.

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