Imprivata CEO Gus Malezis tells Sarah he believes his Thoma Bravo-backed company is building out an essential digital identity technology framework for health care.
Why it matters: Doctors and nurses need access to hundreds of applications to care for patients, but patient privacy laws and cybersecurity threats make that increasingly complex.

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Emerging Global Technologies (EGT) of Abu Dhabi is the official distributor for Imprivata's solutions in the Middle East. EGT has a diversified portfolio of products and services as well as extensive experience in healthcare and Information Technology. EGT has been a successful Imprivata partner, and the collaboration has now deepened into an exclusive distributor relationship for the healthcare market in the region.

Among the technologies widely used in the world of security, none is more fraught with privacy concerns than biometrics. However, sometimes the privacy concerns are based more on false information than on facts. Privacy must be addressed, of course, but the industry should also promote greater understanding of the technology as a means of combatting misinformation.

For years, cybersecurity experts have been predicting the death of the password. However, complex passwords will likely still have a vital role in infosecurity for the time being. For starters, complex passwords are cost-effective ways to protect sensitive information and IT infrastructures. As such, quick and easy password management is a process IT teams have perfected. And due to the larger acceptance of passwords as a security list checkmark, many organizations lack the basic IT foundations to implement passwordless solutions like biometrics or zero-trust architecture (ZTA).