ENSURE TECHNOLOGIES TO SHOWCASE XYLOCMD AT TEPR 2001

Innovative Wireless PC Security Delivers Outstanding Protection for Electronic Patient Records and HIPAA Data Security Requirements

Ensure's XyLocMD Selected as Finalist for TEPR Award

TEPR Conference, Boston, MA, May 8, 2001— Ensure Technologies, the award-winning leader in intelligent digital information security solutions, this week will showcase its XyLocMD™ wireless security solution designed specifically to protect against unauthorized access to confidential patient records and to meet the proposed data security regulations set forth under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Ensure will feature XyLocMD at the TEPR (Towards an Electronic Patient Record) Conference, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA, May 8-13, 2001, Booth #712.

Ensure's XyLocMD has also been selected as a finalist for the TEPR 2001 Awards that recognize the industry's outstanding healthcare solutions providers. The TEPR Awards will be announced on May 10, 2001 during the TEPR's Opening Ceremony.

"Healthcare organizations face a myriad of challenges today as they move toward electronic patient records and HIPAA compliance," said George Brostoff, co-founder and president of Ensure Technologies. "XyLocMD is squarely focused on giving organizations information security with unprecedented convenience and personalization for authorized staff. Healthcare professionals using XyLocMD value the ability to have authorized users automatically logged into their applications by simply wearing the XyLoc KeyCard. By allowing doctors and nurses to configure which applications they want already open when they approach a PC, they can focus on patients and quality of care rather than security procedures."

XyLocMD, based on the patented XyLoc wireless security technology, transparently prevents unauthorized access to confidential patient data, while at the same time making access to PCs, network services and medical applications more convenient for physicians and healthcare staff.

XyLocMD is a robust and hassle-free security solution that transparently and conveniently protects PCs and patient data from internal security breaches. Unlike other security technologies, XyLocMD takes an innovative approach to user compliance by not requiring any action on the part of the user. XyLocMD is completely hands-free: no passwords to enter, no tokens to insert, no fingerprints to scan. Using its patented wireless technology, XyLocMD detects who is in front of the workstation based on their proximity to the PC, whether they are an authorized user and what access privileges they have. Most importantly, XyLocMD recognizes when the authorized user walks away from the PC for any reason and automatically secures the workstation until they return or another authorized user approaches the PC.

XyLocMD features:

  • Single Sign-On & Enhanced Application Integration, a powerful single sign-on capability conveniently and easily logs authorized users into their secured applications
  • Personalization Wizard, an easy to use tool that enables users to specify which applications and custom settings are launched as soon as they log on to any XyLoc protected PC. Email clients, calendars, medical record databases and other frequently used applications can be automatically opened and ready when authorized users approach their PCs.
  • Small XyLoc KeyCard, a small form factor with extended battery life and power saving modes. The KeyCard offers an 18-24 month battery life, on/off buttons and a programmable shutoff timer to conserve battery life when the KeyCard is not in use.
  • RSA SecureID and Keon® Ready, designating XyLocMD's compatibility with RSA SecureID authentication and Keon public key infrastructure (PKI) solutions that enable, manage and simplify the use of digital certificates in today's leading applications.
  • Entrust-Ready™ Branding, XyLocMD has been granted Entrust-Ready status to add a layer of protection to the Entrust PKI solution, helping to prevent unauthorized access to digital certificates

XyLocMD users wear unique badges (XyLoc KeyCards that can be used in conjunction with their hospital ID badge) that communicate securely with proximity detection hardware and sophisticated software residing on each workstation. Because XyLocMD can positively identify authorized users, it can instantly log users onto their own medical applications as they approach different workstations located at nurses' stations, patient rooms or clinics. Healthcare security administrators can manage multiple XyLocMD systems across their networks from a central location using the centralized XyLoc Security Server.

About Ensure Technologies

Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ensure Technologies (www.ensuretech.com) is the leader in intelligent digital information security solutions designed to protect an organization’s intellectual property and physical computing assets from internal security breaches – conveniently, automatically and transparently. Ensure’s award-winning XyLoc applies the innovative, patented technologies of full-time access control and proximity-based authentication to guard corporate data, and asset tracking to monitor and protect computing hardware throughout the enterprise from desktops to mobile PCs. As an associate member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Ensure and its XyLoc wireless PC security will allow Bluetooth wireless devices to positively recognize and identify authorized users and make Bluetooth phones, PCs and PDAs more convenient to use.

BLUETOOTH is a trademark owned by Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Sweden and licensed to Ensure Technologies

# # #

Back to News Releases

 
 
   
       
Ensure Technologies
(734) 668-8800 (voice) (734) 668-1242 (fax)
email: info@ensuretech.com
Copyright 2001 Ensure Technologies. All rights reserved.