Electronic Health Reporter

In this series, we are featuring some of the thousands of vendors who will be participating in the HIMSS15 conference and trade show. Through it, we hope to offer readers a closer look at some of the solution providers who will either be in attendance – with a booth showcasing and displaying key products and offerings – or that will have a presence of some kind at the show – key executives in attendance or presenting, for example.

Hopefully this series will give you a bit more useful information about the companies that help make this event, and the industry as a whole, so exciting.

Elevator Pitch

Since 1987, ESET has been developing award-winning security software that now helps over 100 million customers to enjoy safer technology. Its broad security product portfolio covers all popular platforms and provides businesses and consumers around the world with the perfect balance of performance and protection. The company has a global sales network covering 180 countries, and regional offices in Bratislava, San Diego, Singapore and Buenos Aires.

About Statement

ESET is a leading security solution provider for healthcare organizations of all sizes. The company pioneered and continues to lead the industry in proactive threat detection.

Services and Products Offered

ESET products protect mobile, traditional endpoints and servers, secure VPN and critical applications with multi-factor authentication. The company also provides professional services to help healthcare organizations with deployment, malware removal, security assessment and knowledge transfer.

Device Control

Protect against and block malware introduced by removable media and storage devices that can expose an organization to data leaks.

Email Security
Keep email servers free of malware, spam and spear phishing attacks that lead to data breaches.

Web Filtering
Prevent users from visiting compromised websites that can bring malware into your network, and enforce the organization’s Internet use policy.

Two-Factor Authentication
Safeguard against unauthorized access to patient data due to compromised user passwords.

Security for EHR
Protect servers running behind many EHR/Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems as well as enterprise document management systems against unauthorized access caused by malware infection.

Managed Services Provider (MSP) Option Saves Cost
Work with a local ESET partner who can provide a solution on a managed services basis. Save on staffing and infrastructure costs, and outsource configuration and management to a specialist, so organizations can devote time to business and patient-care issues.

Encryption
FIPS 140-2 Level 1 Validated Encryption through ESET Technology Alliance partner DESlock+ makes patient data stored on removable drives, laptop hard drives or in email messages, unreadable to unauthorized parties, and gives the organization safe harbor from HIPAA Breach Notification Rule penalties in the event of a data breach.

Problems Solved

ESET provides solutions to help healthcare organizations address security challenges to ensure business continuity and to improve their compliance posture. When a healthcare organization adds easy-to-implement-and-manage ESET security to its network, it removes the worries. ESET’s solutions handle the major issues of HIPAA and HITECH compliance, balance patient privacy with clinician access and protect against malware to keep systems running.

Value Proposition

Deadlines for HIPAA and HITECH are approaching fast. Whether you are racing to qualify for Electronic Health Records (EHR) Meaningful Use incentives, are a HIPAA-covered entity or one of the thousands of businesses now subject to regulation, ESET can help.

ESET provides solutions that are easy to manage, light on resources and effective against advanced malware threats. ESET enables healthcare organizations to be more productive and better meet compliance requirements by simplifying IT security. Organizations can focus less on security issues and more on patient care.

Key Messages

ESET delivers best of breed security solutions that are fast, light, effective and stays out of the way.

Booth Number

6112

Key Executives at Conference

• Larry McJannet, executive vice president of Sales, customer care and marketing
• Darren Stordahl, vice president of marketing
• Stephen Cobb, senior security researcher
• Jeff Chen, director of solutions marketing

Number of full-time employees

982

Headquarters

Bratislava, Slovakia – ESET North America- San Diego, CA

Booth Bait (Swag) Offered

ESET earbuds, drawing for X-Box One

Number of Previous HIMSS Conference Appearances

One

Specific Reason for Attendance

Speaking in cybersecurity command center, exhibiting/showcasing ESET’s solutions for healthcare, meeting with target media.

Industry Outlook

Information security and patient privacy are fundamental components of a well-functioning healthcare environment. Protecting patients’ information is simply another way of ensuring their health and safety. While healthcare practitioners may not realize the black market value of the data in their care, criminals certainly do. From the perspective of today’s cyber criminal, electronic health records are a rich source of information that can be sold on the black market. By 2020, the entire concept of how medicine is practiced will change. The challenge will be managing a balance between accessibility and the need to protect this valuable data against constant cyber security threats. And keeping data safe when it is within and beyond the confines of hospitals and other healthcare organizations is a serious challenge, one that cannot be met merely through regulatory compliance.