ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Extreme Networks,
Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) today introduced the Information
Governance Engine, an optional add-on to the ExtremeManagement™
product portfolio, enabling CISOs and CIOs to establish and
maintain a clinical baseline that demonstrates compliance with
HIPAA and PCI standards for their mission-critical networks. The
Information Governance Engine provides an automated scored
assessment that empowers IT to understand how network changes may
impact compliance. The new solution is the ideal complement to
Extreme's unique security capabilities for CISOs and CIOs,
particularly in the healthcare and retail industries, that are
required to demonstrate and maintain compliance not only to HIPAA
and PCI rules, but also their own internal rules.
Extreme's Information Governance Engine replaces the current
manual and error-prone network compliance process with a fully
automated and repeatable solution capable of completing an
assessment in minutes. This addition to Extreme's product portfolio
highlights the company's focus on the technology and security needs
of today's healthcare industry and other verticals that are
challenged by the increasing use of mobile and IoT devices to
improve patient care. Extreme will showcase the latest additions to
its product portfolio at HIMSS '17 in booth 6947 and in the
Intelligent Health Pavilion where Extreme is providing all of the
wireless, wired, and network analytics for the simulated hospital
environment from February 19-23, 2017
in Orlando, Florida.
Information Governance Engine Key Facts:
- Automated Assessments – Delivers automated PCI, HIPAA
and user-defined compliance assessments and scoring targeted at
CISOs and CIOs within the healthcare space and across other
verticals where the need to maintain and demonstrate data privacy
and a secure infrastructure is mission critical.
- Measurable Analytics – Collects measurable evidence of
ongoing security and compliance improvements even as networks
increase in complexity with the expanded use of connected medical
equipment and mobile devices.
- Time Savings – Replaces a lengthy, multi-day process
that relies on human analysis and interpretation of data, using
instead a fully automated and repeatable engine.
- Risk Reduction – Yields consistent scoring of a
network's compliance and allows IT teams to automatically fill gaps
in network security when risk is introduced.
Executive Perspectives
Greg Caressi, Senior VP
Transformational Health, Frost & Sullivan
"Healthcare CISOs and CIOs are accountable for their organization's
compliance to HIPAA and PCI standards, and failure to demonstrate
such compliance can leave organizations vulnerable to financial and
reputational risk. The timing for Extreme to offer a fully
automated security solution could not be better, and the
Information Governance Engine will make it easier and more
cost-effective for IT teams across a variety of organizations to
manage network risk without disrupting operations, freeing up time
to focus on critical-business initiatives."
Christopher Frenz,
Director of Infrastructure at Interfaith Medical Center
"With the proliferation of network enabled devices within
businesses as well as an ever-changing threat landscape, the
ability to quickly identify devices that fall out of compliance
with organizational security standards is of critical
importance. The ability to correlate this data with SIEM data
would provide a highly beneficial way for organizations to give
their security operations center better insights into how their
network can be defended."
John Moynihan, Global Manager,
Healthcare Vertical, Extreme Networks
"Faced with ongoing security and compliance improvements, many CIOs
and CISOs are tasked with ensuring that their network systems
remain compliant even as their networks increase in complexity with
the expanded use of connected medical equipment and mobile devices.
With Extreme's Information Governance Engine we're giving
healthcare executives a critical, clinical baseline of their
network and collecting measurable evidence of their ongoing
security and compliance improvements even as their networks
increase in complexity. We are very excited to launch this
innovative solution and look forward to leveraging it with our
customers across the healthcare vertical."
David H. Hoglund, CEO and
Founder, Integra Systems, Inc.
"Extreme Networks Information Governance Engine changes the game
for healthcare PCI and HIPAA compliance assessment. Gone are the
days when you need to complete manual audits that in reality are
only as good as the last day you did the audit. You now have
a fully automated and repeatable analysis engine that works in the
background 24/7/365 that will yield consistent scoring of your
network's compliance. This should drastically reduce risk, drive
down costs and provide the required compliance for the healthcare
networked ecosystem. The Extreme Networks Information Governance
Engine is something that the industry has needed for long
time."
Additional Resources
- Extreme Networks HIMSS Event Page
- Extreme Networks Healthcare Solutions Page
- How to Make the Most Out of HIMSS17 Blog
- Connect with Extreme via Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn
and Google+
- ExtremeManagement™ Product Page
- ExtremeSecurity™ Product Page
- ExtremeWireless™ Product Page
- ExtremeWireless WiNG Product Page
- ExtremeAnalytics™ Product Page
- ExtremeSwitching™ Product Page
- ExtremeControl™ Product Page
- ExtremeCloud Product Page
Forward Looking Statements:
Statements in this release, including those concerning the
ExtremeManagement product portfolio and Information Governance
Engine, the products' potential for maintaining a clinical baseline
that demonstrates compliance with HIPAA and PCI standards for
mission-critical networks, and the ability to provide fully
automated and repeatable scored assessments are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this
release. Actual results or events could differ materially from
those anticipated in those forward-looking statements as a result
of certain factors, including: the effectiveness of our solutions
as compared with our customers' needs; a highly competitive
business environment for network switching and software equipment;
the possibility that we might experience delays in the development
or introduction of new technology and products; customer response
to our new technology and products; and a dependency on third
parties for certain components and for the manufacturing of our
products.
More information about potential factors that could affect the
Company's business and financial results is included in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
including, without limitation, under the captions: "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations," and "Risk Factors". Except as required under the
U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Extreme
Networks disclaims any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements after the date of this release, whether
as a result of new information, future events, developments,
changes in assumptions or otherwise.
About Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) delivers software-driven
networking solutions that help IT departments everywhere deliver
the ultimate business outcome: stronger connections with customers,
partners and employees. Wired to wireless, desktop to data center,
on premise or through the cloud, we go to extreme measures for our
customers in more than 80 countries, delivering 100% insourced
call-in technical support to organizations large and small,
including some of the world's leading names in business,
hospitality, retail, transportation and logistics, education,
government, healthcare and manufacturing. Founded in 1996, Extreme
is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, visit
Extreme's website or call 1-888-257-3000.
Extreme Networks, ExtremeWireless, ExtremeManagement,
ExtremeAnalytics, ExtremeControl, ExtemeSwitching and the Extreme
Networks logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks
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