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Intellitactics Hosts Webinar on “Keeping Ahead of the HIPAA Compliance Curve: How to Achieve and Sustain a HIPAA-Compliant Environment”

Aurora Healthcare to Discuss Security Information and Risk Management Strategies for Healthcare Organizations

Reston, VA, March 3, 2005—Intellitactics will host a free webinar on security information and risk management strategies for healthcare organizations on March 10th, 2005.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule is the first comprehensive federal protection for the privacy of personal health information. The Privacy compliance date of April 14, 2003 has passed, and the healthcare industry is now in the final countdown toward the April 2005 compliance date for the HIPAA Security Rule.

Despite the looming deadlines there is much to be done by healthcare organizations to sustain compliance when the audits are completed. “Compliance isn’t an event; rather compliance is a change in the way healthcare organizations are conducting business. The challenge is sustaining the compliance environment over time,” explained Pamela Casale, Vice President of Marketing for Intellitactics. “We are impressed by the way Aurora Healthcare has developed mature security capabilities enabling them to stay ahead of the compliance curve.” IT security’s role in a compliance environment is ongoing measurement and remediation of security controls, and the creation of new controls as the organization’s tolerance for risk changes.

The HIPAA Privacy rule establishes standards to protect the confidentiality of individually identifiable health information maintained or transmitted electronically in connection with certain administrative and financial transactions. In addition, it advocates standards for securing electronic protected health information that is collected, maintained, used, or transmitted electronically.

Find out how Aurora Healthcare took control of their Security Information Management and is now looking ahead of the HIPAA compliance curve.

Featured speaker Dan Lukas, security analyst with Aurora Healthcare, will discuss:

Achieving and Sustaining a HIPAA-compliant environment
Determining Risks and Securely Managing Distinct Applications
Protecting the privacy of customer data and patient information
Risk Assessment, Login Monitoring, and Security Threats for healthcare organizations.

SPEAKERS: Dan Lukas, Security Analyst, Aurora Health; Ron Hardy, VP Product Management, Intellitactics
WHAT: Keeping Ahead of the Compliance Curve
DATE: March 10th, 2005
TIME: 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST
WHO SHOULD ATTEND: CSO’s, CIO’s, Security Analysts, Infrastructure Specialists tasked with security responsibilities, Security Experts, and people who want to learn more about Security Information Management or establishing a compliance environment.
REGISTRATION: http://www.intellitactics.com/reg.asp?PageID=84&rpid=5

Intellitactics Security Manager
Intellitactics Security Manager protects critical information assets by applying the intelligence necessary to balance the appropriate level of risk with business effectiveness—all while simplifying the task of managing a highly distributed and complex security landscape.

Intellitactics provides security operations with unprecedented control for detecting and thwarting the impact of threats on their information assets. Intellitactics Security Manager also empowers compliance officers and risk managers to sustain compliance environments that provide immediate access to reports verifying and validating controls are working.

About Intellitactics, Inc.
Headquartered in Reston, VA, Intellitactics provides the world’s leading enterprise security management solution used by security analysts, operations, and risk officers to achieve cost-effective regulatory compliance; mitigate risk by automating security operations; and accelerate incident resolution to ensure the availability of critical business services. Intellitactics' industry leading Security Manager empowers organizations to simplify the complex mandate to be secure and compliant with just one solution. Security Manager combines event, alert, and incident management to mitigate exposure to cybercrime, with extensive automated analysis and reporting. A strong complement to Security Manager is Intellitactics™ SAM, which measures security value and features security assurance metrics™ on a configurable dashboard. Intellitactics was awarded Common Criteria Certification in December 2004, making it the first software provider to earn this certification as a security information and event management solution. Founded in 1996, Intellitactics is backed by JMI Equity Fund LP and Lazard Technology Partners and is ranked by well-known industry analysts as a market leader known for innovative solutions and a commitment to customer success. Visit us at www.intellitactics.com.

Contact
Pam Casale
Director, Press and Analyst Relations
marketing@intellitactics.com
877-746-7658