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2010 Look Ahead: Chief Security Concerns for Chief Executives

As we turn the page to 2010 and look to delve into the top–level security concerns that lie ahead, we’d be remiss not to reflect on those security events that helped shape 2009 into the ‘year of the data breach,’ and take these as learning experiences for the New Year.

With the economy in its worst state in decades, we saw IT budgets decimated and security threats evolve into clever, sophisticated entities that caused serious havoc for organizations.  Do the names Kaiser Permanente, Fannie Mae and Stens Corporation ring a bell?  These big name organizations experienced some of the most high-profile data breaches as a result of poor security and access management policies.  And whether it is a result of disgruntled employees, inappropriate password sharing or terminated employees retaining access rights, these events point to a trend that isn’t going away. 

Now let’s focus our attention back to 2010 and break down the top-level security concerns chief executives need to focus on to protect the integrity of their organization.  The global economic downturn and wave of breaches mentioned above are clear indicators that these types of activities are only going to propagate more strongly in 2010, as threats are not only escalating but becoming more sophisticated and damaging. And to help protect these organizations, we are seeing an increased number of federal compliance regulations set in place—HITECH ACT, Data Breach Notification Laws, HIPAA, Meaningful Use of EMRs, etc.

Understanding these regulations and having strong security policies in place are critical to starting 2010 off on the right foot.  On Wednesday, January 27th we will be conducting a webinar demo on Imprivata OneSign and will have a discussion on how technologies such as single sign-on (SSO) strengthen user authentication to network applications, streamline application access and simplify the process of compliance reporting—key elements to understanding the changing security landscape in 2010.  We encourage you to attend and participate, and share your ideas for the New Year.

--David

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Thoughts from the Siemens Innovations Conference

I just got back from the annual Siemens Innovations Conference in Philadelphia. Even though the conference took place in early August, when many people are vacationing, there were over 1000 attendees from 200 hospitals who beat the heat by attending Innovations - attendance exceeded the expectations of the conference organizers.  Innovations is not a Siemens Medical Solutions hosted event, rather it is a Siemens Med customer-driven conference with various tracks offered for the conference attendees to hear real stories from their peers regarding implementing Siemens Med solutions.

Imprivata had a booth at the event.  I had an opportunity to talk with existing and prospective OneSign customers. Clearly, single sign-on and authentication are top of mind for many of the Siemens customers we spoke with. One thing is clear - CMIOs and IT folks are looking for ways to make application access seamless and secure for the clinicians while NOT changing workflows. Imprivata OneSign is what Siemens Med is recommending as the solution of choice. In fact, there were two customer presentations where OneSign was discussed.  

As we all know, conferences can be long and tiring but I truly enjoyed this conference and highly recommend it for the future.

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