Challenges
Healthcare organizations have an ethical and regulatory responsibility to ensure the privacy and security of patient protected health information (PHI) and payment transaction records. They are challenged in preventing insider data breaches, achieving and maintaining HIPAA and PCI compliance and isolating external entities. Companies have deployed traditional solutions such as network firewalls, virtual local area networks (VLANs) and/or network admission control (NAC) devices, which may be inadequate and difficult to deploy and manage.
Solution
Apani® EpiForce® is a software based alternative to segmentation and “all-or-nothing” encryption. Unlike network firewalls, VLANs or NAC that control admission to the corporate network and basic access control, EpiForce isolates data and server inside the perimeter through logical security zoning and encryption of data in motion effectively eliminating the need to reconfigure the network for security. The solution reduces a healthcare firm’s attack surface leading to a lower risk of an internal data breach, a simplified compliance procedure and audit and flexibility in configuring external entity access.
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“EpiForce has provided us the flexibility and scalability to effectively support our HIPAA compliance, and ensure confidential patient data remains secure.”
- Tom Jones, Chief Information Security Officer, DTS |
