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Article Excerpt
Proactive Approach to Database Security and HIPAA Compliance Sets Healthcare Delivery System Apart from the Field
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Application Security, Inc. (AppSecInc) (http://www.appsecinc.com/), the global leader in database security, today announced that Ochsner Health System has received a Network World Enterprise All-Star Award. Ochsner was lauded for its use of AppSecInc's vulnerability assessment scanner, AppDetective(TM), to reduce and manage database vulnerabilities and ensure compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
As a non-profit, academic, multi-specialty, healthcare delivery system, Ochsner's resources must be dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care, research and educational initiatives. Additionally, due to the sensitivity of the patient information and intellectual property at the heart of Ochsner's work, security is paramount, particularly in accordance with regulations such as HIPAA.
However, with multiple locations throughout Southeast Louisiana, and a distributed infrastructure comprising Oracle and Microsoft SQL databases, manually auditing the data proved extremely time- and resource-intensive. The organization also felt...
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