New Delhi, Nov. 24 -- Amid a spike in cyberattacks targeting India's healthcare providers, Narayana Health has rolled out Saviynt's Identity Cloud platform to modernise identity governance and tighten compliance across its nationwide network. The deployment-which manages over 18,000 identities and 17 critical applications-marks one of the sector's fastest large-scale identity modernisation projects, going live in just three months.
The move comes as the healthcare industry confronts escalating threats. India is one of the most targeted countries for healthcare cyberattacks, according to multiple industry reports, with ransomware incidents rising sharply as hospital networks expand their digital footprints.
Identity and access management (IAM) - a practice that ensures only the right people can access an organisation's data and resources - has emerged as a critical control, especially for systems handling electronic health records (EHRs), diagnostics data and clinician workflows. Saviynt, which leads Gartner's identity governance rankings, said Narayana Health is among a growing number of healthcare providers modernising IAM to support cloud transformation, improve clinician productivity and reduce compliance overheads.
Narayana Health-founded by Dr Devi Shetty and operating 21 hospitals, 5 heart centres and 19 primary-care facilities-previously had to manage access across multiple Active Directory domains with manual processes that slowed onboarding and created security blind spots.
With Saviynt's healthcare-focused Identity Cloud, Narayana Health has automated access provisioning and deprovisioning for clinicians and staff, strengthened compliance by enforcing SoD controls and audit-ready governance workflows, integrated identity management with its proprietary ATHMA EHR system, and reduced operational costs through a scalable, cloud-first IAM model..
"In healthcare, safeguarding patient data is as vital as delivering quality care," said Kumar K V, Chief Information Security Officer, Narayana Health. "With Saviynt Identity Cloud, we've built a blueprint for modern healthcare security that automates processes, reduces risk and ensures regulatory compliance across our network."
Healthcare providers globally are now shifting from traditional identity governance to AI-powered, cloud-native platforms. Industry benchmarks from Saviynt indicate up to 70% reduction in application-onboarding time and 240% ROI over three years, underscoring a broader shift toward modern identity fabrics that support large clinical environments.
"This partnership illustrates how identity security can drive business outcomes and enable care delivery rather than hinder it," said Karthik Satish Kumar, Vice President - Customer Office, APJ, Saviynt. "By simplifying governance and access for healthcare professionals, we free them up to focus on patient care."
The implementation's rapid first-phase go-live within three months is notable for a regulated environment where IAM rollouts traditionally span much longer timelines. The deployment further aligns with growing momentum in India's healthcare digitalisation push, driven by the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM), rising adoption of EHRs, and the need to meet evolving data-protection requirements as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act (DPDPA) enters enforcement.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from TechCircle.