Vormetric Webinar to Address HITECH Act Data Security and Compliance Challenges

What:

In the upcoming October 21^st Webinar “The Impact of the

HITECH Act on HIPAA Compliance and Data Security: Clear

Information Direct from the Legal Experts," Vormetric will be

hosting a presentation with data security and HIPAA privacy legal

experts from Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP to help businesses

gain clear information on security and privacy impacts of the

HITECH Act.

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health

(HITECH) Act has rapidly changed the way that healthcare payers,

providers and their business partners need to approach data

security. With data breach notification requirements for unprotected

data already in effect, organizations need to obtain credible

information on how this law affects their business data and

compliance programs. A significant measure in the HITECH Act

requires healthcare businesses to use encryption or destruction

measures to prevent disclosure of protected health information

(PHI), and a duty to notify via media channels, if this requirement

is not satisfied.

Topics to be covered include:

Explanation of the HITECH Act Data Breach Notification and Safe

Harbor Requirements

How the HITECH Act impacts your HIPAA compliance program

What business partners need to know about HIPAA security and privacy

compliance

Encryption requirements for safe harbor

FTC requirements for data breach notification

When:

October 21, 2009 at

http://www.vormetric.com/resources/HITECHDataSecurityWebcastEncryption.html

Who:

From the law office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, legal

experts Marc Zwillinger and Rebecca Fayed will be co-hosting the

Webinar to provide advice and direction with regards to the HITECH

and its impact on a business’ operations. Zwillinger, chair of

Sonnenschein's Internet, Communications & Data Protection Group,

has been providing clients advice on complying with the

increasingly complex laws governing data security and privacy for

nearly ten years. He also helps companies devise policies and

procedures for protecting the data on their networks from internal

and external threats and disclosures that could create liability.

Rebecca Fayed is a member of Sonnenschein's Health Care Group and

is a leading expert in the area of health information privacy.

Fayed has extensive experience advising clients on matters related

to federal and state health information privacy laws, including

the HIPAA Privacy Rule.

Co-presenting is Gretchen Hellman, vice president of security

solutions for Vormetric, the leader in data security management

and enforcement solutions. Hellman brings the Company’s expertise

in policy-based data encryption to the Webcast discussion as well

as her own broad experience helping healthcare companies meet

their security management and regulatory compliance objectives.