Positive Networks' PositivePRO Secure Remote Access Service Earns an Editor's Choice Award from Security Week.PositivePRO(TM) Service Quickly Becoming a De Facto Standard Hardware or software that is widely used, but not endorsed by a standards organization. Contrast with de jure standard. de facto standard - A widespread consensus on a particular product or protocol which has not been ratified by any official standards body, such as ISO, for Hospital and Healthcare Environments OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan. -- Security Week, a leading trade journal dedicated to covering all aspects of the IT security community, has presented Positive Networks with an "Editor's Choice Award" for the company's PositivePRO[TM] secure remote access managed/hosted service. PositivePRO is a complete, secure remote access service for an organization's remote and mobile employees. This industry-leading service is fast becoming a de facto standard for hospital networks and healthcare environments to provide doctors, nurses, and administrators with exceptional remote access, endpoint security, and support. Previously, powerful remote access was available only in hardware-based solutions. The Security Week product review and award make it clear those days are over. "With all the privacy and security compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). hospitals and healthcare organizations have to address, we are particularly delighted to make traction in this market for secure remote access through our PositivePRO hosted/managed service," said Tim Sutton The creator of this article, or someone who has substantially contributed to it, may have a conflict of interest regarding its subject matter. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. , 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. , Positive Networks. "This award, from a magazine well read by healthcare IT professionals, is helping to evangelize e·van·gel·ize v. e·van·gel·ized, e·van·gel·iz·ing, e·van·gel·iz·es v.tr. 1. To preach the gospel to. 2. To convert to Christianity. v.intr. To preach the gospel. our service to an important market that now has a better alternative to expensive, hard-to-manage, hard-to-configure appliances. Positive Networks is the best choice for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. functionality as demonstrated by leading hospitals across the country choosing PositivePRO for secure remote access." The PositivePRO service features a complete remote-work platform with strong endpoint security. It is developed for use with company-owned laptops, home PCs, other remote devices that can be remotely accessed by client-based access, web-based access, and/or remote desktop control. PositivePRO is the preferred remote access solution for Cerner Millennium[R] solutions and follows stringent 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, patient privacy compliance. Positive Networks helps healthcare organizations overcome the common challenges of providing remote access including lack of internal IT staff expertise, lack of help desk support, and burdensome upfront vpn hardware and vpn software expenses. The service also allows remote printing. PositivePRO is fully supported by hospital/healthcare IT managers as a means of providing secure remote access to the organization's data and medical records. About Positive Networks Positive Networks is the leading provider of hosted VPN and endpoint security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the . Its flagship service, PositivePRO, combines a client-based VPN, a clientless, web-based SSL VPN, and remote desktop control into a single remote access service that scales to support thousands of users. With no hardware to install, PositivePRO is simple to implement and can provide complete remote access endpoint security control in 24 hours or less. PositivePRO's easy-to-manage subscription model includes critical end-point security features like antivirus protection, anti-spyware protection, personal firewall protection, patch management The installation of patches from a software vendor onto an organization's computers. Patching thousands of PCs and servers is a major issue. A patch should be applied to test machines first before deployment, and the testing environments must represent all the users' PCs with their unique and authentication to secure remote desktops and laptops. Site-to-Site VPN solutions are also available. Positive Networks was awarded "Best-in-Class" Managed SSL VPN Service Provider for SMBs by Stratecast Partners and an AlwaysON AO100 selection. PositivePRO is a 2006 IT Week Magazine's, Network Technology, Service Provider Weekly, Security Week, PC News Weekly, Hosting Weekly, and WebWeek Magazine's "Editor's Choice" selection, and an Info Security Product Guide Product Excellence Award winner for Best SSL VPN Managed Service. For more information, please call toll-free 877-932-8671 or visit www.positivenetworks.com. About Possibility Media Possibility Media, publishers of Security Week provides readers with the latest news, reviews, product information, opinion and trends to technology. Possibility Media's magazines are published in an all-digital format that is well-designed and easy-to-read. In addition, these publications publish profiles and features on the people and products that shape the technology industry. For more information, go to www.possibilitymedia.com. PositivePRO and Positive Networks are trademarks of Positive Networks; all other company, product and publication names are trademarks of their respective holders. |
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