Entrust IdentityGuard Enables Georgia-based Hospital Network to Deploy Strong Authentication for...

Tuesday August 19, 8:00 am ET Grid card deployment saves hospital money, enables more wide-spread authentication for network access DALLAS, Aug. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To comply with HIPAA regulations, the Georgia-based Gwinnett Medical Center already was leveraging two-factor authentication via hardware tokens in order to protect patient files, sensitive medical data and clinical information. The solution, however, was cost-prohibitive to deploy to a wider audience and cumbersome for the medical staff to use. To address these concerns, Gwinnett Medical Center (GMC) turned to Entrust, Inc. (Nasdaq: ENTU - News ) and the Entrust IdentityGuard versatile authentication platform, a cornerstone of a layered security approach. "From a cost perspective, it was just hard to top the versatility and strength of the Entrust... [read full story]