CIGNA Automates IT Access Governance Using Aveksa Technology.Aveksa 3 Solution to Securely Monitor Access to Information, and Manage Entitlement and Role Certifications across 27,000 Users WALTHAM, Mass. -- Aveksa, Inc. (www.aveksa.com), the leading provider of enterprise access governance solutions, today announced that CIGNA CIGNA CG (Connecticut General Life Insurance Company) INA (Insurance Company of North America) has selected Aveksa 3 to automate the monitoring, reporting and certification of user entitlements and roles across its entire IT enterprise network, including more than 27,000 employees and 300 applications. As one of the largest investor-owned health and related benefits organizations in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , CIGNA has already developed a sophisticated role-based identity infrastructure to proactively reduce risk and to comply with the strict requirements of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, and Sarbanes-Oxley. The company will now use Aveksa 3 for security and compliance reporting, and to enable an automated, end-to-end workflow for managing entitlement and role reviews, which are critical for effective compliance and risk management. "CIGNA recognizes the crucial role that security and risk management plays in protecting our information assets and our brand," said Craig Shumard, chief information security officer at CIGNA. "With the Aveksa solution, we expect to automate what is currently a manual process for role-based access governance. We tested Aveksa's technology across tens of thousands of users, millions of entitlements, and several thousand roles, and we are confident that it will provide the efficiency and scalability we need for enterprise-wide access governance at CIGNA." Through its use of Aveksa 3, which includes Aveksa Compliance Manager and the new Aveksa Role Manager product, CIGNA will create a fully-automated workflow for identity-driven business processes spanning IT departments, business line managers and compliance managers. The Aveksa solution will play an essential role in CIGNA's regulatory initiatives, including identity audit compliance and reporting; access certifications; and role analysis, design, and maintenance. Using Aveksa 3, the company will have a significantly higher level of visibility into the state of user access rights for risk-relevant applications and dramatically simplified reporting for continuous compliance. "Companies like CIGNA, which have successfully deployed identity management and role-based access control The identification, authentication and authorization of individuals based on their job titles within an organization. Contrast with mandatory access control and discretionary access control. See least privilege. , recognize the need for a unified process The Unified Software Development Process or Unified Process is a popular iterative and incremental software development process framework. The best-known and extensively documented refinement of the Unified Process is the Rational Unified Process or RUP. for monitoring, analyzing and reviewing roles and entitlements that integrates with their existing systems," said Deepak Taneja, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Aveksa. "Aveksa looks forward to helping CIGNA create an efficient business process for effective access governance." About CIGNA As a Business of Caring, CIGNA (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CI) provides employers with benefits, expertise and services that improve the health, well-being and productivity of their employees. With approximately 47 million covered lives in the United States and around the world, CIGNA's operating subsidiaries An operating subsidiary is a business term frequently used within the United States railroad industry. In the case of a railroad, it refers to a company that is a subsidiary but operates with its own identity and rolling stock. offer a full portfolio of medical, dental, behavioral health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or , pharmacy and vision care benefits and group life, accident and disability insurance. Web site: http://www.CIGNA.com About Aveksa Aveksa provides the only comprehensive, enterprise-class, access governance, risk management and compliance solution. Aveksa automates the monitoring, reporting, certification and remediation of user entitlements and roles; enables role discovery and lifecycle management; and delivers unmatched visibility into the true state of user access rights. With Aveksa, business, security and compliance teams can effectively collaborate and enforce accountability. Our growing customer base includes leading organizations in financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , healthcare and manufacturing. For more information, go to www.aveksa.com |
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