London, United Kingdom - May 15, 2008 - CIGNA is replacing its traditional internal computer network firewalls and VLANs with Apani EpiForce(R), to isolate and protect data and access for CIGNA's servers within their corporate network, Apani announced today.
a large publicly-owned health and related benefits organisation around the world, CIGNA, is using Apani’s software to protect its corporate network by isolating business-critical servers from potential security threats. EpiForce will help protect these machines without requiring the network to be reconfigured or changing the way employees perform their daily activities.
Healthcare facilities in the UK and Europe are expanding and utilising computerised systems to manage vast amounts of sensitive personal data. Apani can offer a secure solution ideal for organisations with responsibility for electronic protected information.
EpiForce is a software-based alternative to using network firewalls and VLANs for security inside the corporate network. EpiForce eliminates much of the costs associated with securing the corporate network, while introducing a significantly higher level of flexibility and efficiency to security administrators. EpiForce delivers cross-platform server isolation through logical security zoning and policy-based encryption of data in motion.
According to Craig Shumard, chief information security officer at CIGNA, "It was critical for us to find a solution that didn’t impact the infrastructure and tools we already have in place. EpiForce meets these requirements and enables us to maximise flexibility in isolating and protecting servers within our corporate network and eliminate complexity by managing it from a central location."
"EpiForce is designed to help large companies deploy security policy in a way that is transparent to infrastructure, applications and users," stated Apani's vice president of marketing, Ryan Malone. "CIGNA is one of the most prestigious names in healthcare, and we’re thrilled they have selected EpiForce, and look forward to working with them as they realise the benefits of EpiForce." About Apani: Apani is a provider of cross-platform server isolation solutions for enterprise organizations, isolating and securing the communications between servers and endpoints without regard to operating system or physical location. Apani has offices in the US and was founded in 2003 and is privately held.  |