Security is patient safety: Stanford Health Care’s TrustSec micro-segmentation journey with Gruve

In this Gruve fireside chat, Ramesh Powar, Director of IT Infra at Stanford Health Care, joins Jay Kulkarni, SVP of Strategic Accounts at Gruve, to discuss how Stanford Health Care deployed Cisco TrustSec fabric-based micro-segmentation across ~50,000 switchports.

The conversation covers the operational reality of securing modern hospital environments — from legacy medical devices and IoT systems to clinical stakeholder alignment, policy design, and scalable deployment.

Ramesh shares Stanford Health Care’s journey from discovery and device profiling to monitor mode, TrustSec policy rollout, and broader segmentation across clinics, cancer centers, and hospital environments. Jay adds Gruve’s perspective on how healthcare organizations can approach micro-segmentation with a practical, outcome-first playbook.

What’s covered:

• Why cybersecurity in hospitals is directly connected to patient safety
• Why agent-based approaches often fall short in healthcare environments
• How TrustSec enables fabric-based, agentless micro-segmentation
• How Stanford approached discovery, policy design, testing, and rollout
• Why visibility and stakeholder alignment matter before technology decisions
• How Gruve helps healthcare organizations plan and execute segmentation programs at scale