Network Associates, leverancier van intrusion prevention oplossingen, heeft McAfee Healthcare Information Protection Product Solutions (HIPPS) aangekondigd. McAfee HIPPS, dat speciaal is ontwikkeld voor de gezondheidszorg, is het eerste product dat intrusion prevention systemen voor zowel systemen als het netwerk, combineert met een centrale management console. Het bevat ook oplossingen voor systeembescherming zoals desktop firewall, centraal beheerde antivirus, encryptie en email content scanning. McAfee HIPPS biedt niet alleen proactieve bescherming tegen aanvallers die toegang willen krijgen tot vertrouwelijke informatie, maar beschermt ook tegen kostbare onderbrekingen door kwaadaardige code, virussen en andere internetaanvallen.
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Network Associates(R) Launches Comprehensive McAfee Intrusion Prevention Solutions for Healthcare Industry
Network Associates Network and System Protection solutions Ease HIPAA Compliance for Healthcare Organizations
HEALTHSEC 2003, CHICAGO, Sept. 23 - Network Associates, Inc. (NYSE: NET), the leading provider of intrusion prevention solutions, today announced availability of its McAfee(R) Healthcare Information Protection Product Solutions (HIPPS). The McAfee HIPPS products form a comprehensive set of network and system protection and management tools designed to assist healthcare organizations in their effort to advance their security posture while complying with the security and privacy requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of patient information is paramount in today's evolving healthcare information technology environment. These requirements, coupled with the HIPAA federal regulations for protecting the privacy of patients' medical records and data, add to the ongoing challenge in healthcare organizations to manage security across a myriad of disparate systems and a diverse user base.
McAfee HIPPS is the first set of solutions to incorporate both system and network intrusion prevention system (IPS) solutions along with a centralized policy management console. McAfee HIPPS also includes system protection solutions like desktop firewall, centrally managed anti-virus, encryption, and e-mail content scanning. The McAfee HIPPS solution simplifies system updates and creates a proactive defense against malicious software. McAfee HIPPS also includes security policy management templates that are designed around industry best practices and HIPAA requirements.
"Centrally managed firewall and anti-virus protection are key components in protecting the healthcare enterprise," said John Pescatore, research analyst with the Gartner. "As malicious software attacks increase, intrusion prevention is gaining importance while simply detecting events is fading away."
The McAfee HIPPS Solution combines best-of-class software from Network Associates while meeting the security requirements of HIPAA. The McAfee System Protection Solutions portfolio includes anti-spam, policy management and system intrusion prevention technologies through McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator(TM), McAfee Entercept(R) Standard and Database Editions, McAfee Desktop Firewall(TM), McAfee WebShield(R) Appliance e1000, McAfee GroupShield(R) for Exchange, McAfee ThreatScan(TM) and McAfee VirusScan. Also included are solutions from the McAfee Network Protection Solutions portfolio, including a range of Sniffer(R) Technologies products for network management, InfiniStream(TM) Security Forensics, and McAfee IntruShield(R) for network intrusion prevention.
"The McAfee HIPPS solutions not only provide a strong defense against attackers trying to access health information, but also helps to prevent costly disruptions from malicious code, viruses and other Internet attacks," stated Mark Small, senior vice president of sales for government, health, and education at Network Associates. "A proactive defense that can block known, as well as unknown attacks will help healthcare providers insure the continued availability of electronic patient information."
The McAfee HIPPS solutions are available today through Network Associates Expert Services. Network Associates Expert Services delivers the HIPPS solution through offering complete HIPAA Compliance strategy services solutions for McAfee products and beyond. Expert Services for HIPAA provide the essential and often overlooked conduit between security policy and practice, delivering prioritized cost-sensitive project plans with a focus on implementing effective security programs by the April 2005 HIPAA Security compliance date. Expert Services HIPPS offerings include HIPAA Gap Analysis and Audit, Risk Assessment, Security Policy Development, and best practice driven product related services for every component of the HIPPS solution, all mapping back to the HIPAA Security Standard.
McAfee Network Protection Solutions
McAfee Network Protection Solutions keep both large and smaller distributed networks up and protected from attacks. Best-of-breed network protection solutions in the portfolio include the Sniffer Network Protection Platform for performance management and fault identification, InfiniStream performing security forensics on network activity, Network Performance Orchestrator (nPO) for centralizing and managing network activity, and McAfee IntruShield delivering network-based intrusion prevention.
McAfee System Protection Solutions
McAfee System Protection Solutions secure all layers of desktop and server systems and applications. Best-of-breed system protection solutions in the portfolio include McAfee anti-virus, McAfee ThreatScan for viral vulnerability assessment, McAfee Entercept preventing system intrusions, and McAfee SpamKiller to block unsolicited e-mail. These products are all centrally managed by the company's industry leading McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) which delivers policy management and reporting of both McAfee and third-party security products. Also in the McAfee System Protection Solutions portfolio is the Magic Service Desk family of products offering management and visibility of desktop and server systems.
About Network Associates
With headquarters in Santa Clara, California, Network Associates, Inc. creates best-of-breed computer security solutions that prevent intrusions on networks and protect computer systems from the next generation of blended attacks and threats. Offering two families of products, McAfee(R) System Protection Solutions, securing desktops and servers, and McAfee Network Protection Solutions, ensuring the protection and performance of the corporate network, Network Associates offers computer security to large enterprises, governments, small and medium sized businesses, and consumers. These two product portfolios incorporate Network Associates leading McAfee Security, Sniffer(R) Technologies and Magic Solutions(R) product lines. For more information, Network Associates can be reached on the Internet at http://www.networkassociates.com/.
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