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Healthcare Organizations Assisted by Experior Data's Cloud Service to Deploy Encryption to Protect from HIPAA, ARRA, and HITECH Act Breach Notification Rules

(November 20, 2009) - According to a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institue and sponsored by accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath, LLC 94% of the surveyed healthcare organizations will not be ready to comply with the new breach notification rules that go into effect in February, 2010. And 57% say that they have "known deficiencies concerning privacy, security, or both". Business associates, such as law firms, accounting firms, and various services providers of healthcare providers and payers who have access to protected health information are also susceptible to data breaches. According to a survey by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Analytics a third of business associates interviewed were not even aware they needed to comply with the new privacy and security provisions in HIPAA.

It is those deficiencies that the federal government wants healthcare providers to address. The government is providing a safe harbor for those orgnanizations that implement data encryption. Traditionally, data encryption software has been deployed piecemeal on many computers without a centralized method of managing or logging encryption technology. Several software packages exist that offer centralized management but require a substantial investment in hardware, software (including database servers), and ongoing staff training.

Experior Data's OnDemand cloud-based encryption service, powered by software from PGP Corporation, makes it easy for organizations to manage their encryption platform centrally. The OnDemand service can protect hard drives (whole disk encryption), file shares, portable devices like USB and external hard drives, and e-mail. Experior provides the hosting of a centralized management console, licensing of all the required software, and provides on-going technical support for a monthly fee. Client software is provided to the customer so that it can be deployed to all endpoint computer devices. Customers do not have to purchase or maintain any hardware or software.

"Experior Data's cloud-based solution strategically differs from point solutions that address one or two vulnerabilities. Rather than providing only whole disk encryption or only e-mail encryption PGP Corporation's software protects all three major areas where data lives and travels. The customer is investing in an encryption platform that addresses Data in Use, Data in Motion, and Data at Rest. And PGP Corporation offers end-to-end e-mail encryption, something that is unique in the industry", says Alexander Zaltsman, CEO of Experior Data. "Encryption has always been thought of as a complex technology that is difficult to understand, let alone deploy across an enterprise. We are making it easy and doing all the heavy lifting for our customers", says Zaltsman.

Experior Data is a Silver Partner with PGP Corporation, a global leader in email and data encryption software for Enterprise Data Protection. PGP's software is used by more than 110,000 enterprises, businesses, and governments worldwide, including 96 percent of the Fortune® 100, 74 percent of Fortune® Global 100, 80 percent of the German DAX Index and 71 percent of the United Kingdom FTSE 100 Index.
Experior continues to provide installation, configuration, and support of on-premise encryption solutions for customers who prefer to host their own encryption infrastructure.

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