Organizations in Regulated Industries Select ID Experts® RADAR® to Manage Privacy and Security Incidents

PORTLAND, Ore., April 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Organizations are increasingly turning to RADAR®, patented data incident response management software from ID Experts® to bring simplicity and efficiency to the management of privacy and security incidents. Today, ID Experts announced five new RADAR customers: Blue Cross of Idaho, The Carle Foundation, Evangelical Community Hospital, Health Alliance Medical Plans, and New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation. These regulated entities that have a strong culture of privacy and security join other organizations in healthcare, finance, insurance, and information services who use RADAR to consistently assess and manage incidents, reduce risks, and comply with federal and state data breach notification laws. Additionally, ID Experts announced the formation of the RADAR Board of Advisors who bring extensive security and SaaS market experience to provide input on product strategy and industry expansion.

RADAR Empowers Organizations, Saves Time and Resources, Simplifies Compliance

Security incidents have become an everyday occurrence in all industries that use and hold sensitive customer and patient information. Managing data risks and staying in compliance with breach laws is complicated and challenging. There are now 47 state and multiple federal U.S. laws regulating data breach notification; the number of states is expected to grow t 49 in 2015. As a result, organizations of all sizes--from community hospitals to the largest municipal healthcare organization in the country to large health plans and financial institutions--are choosing RADAR, patented and secure cloud-based software to help them assess and manage incidents, identify incident trends, facilitate compliance with federal and state breach notification laws, and avoid the risk of over or under notification.

"With the volume of security and privacy incidents exploding, RADAR empowers companies to reduce risk by becoming more efficient, responsive and proactive in data breach analysis, response, and compliance," said Mahmood Sher-Jan, executive vice president and general manager, RADAR business unit at ID Experts. "Organizations are moving toward proven software such as RADAR to address the complex processes of incident risk assessment, breach determination, and documentation, in order to meet their notification and reporting obligations and reduce enterprise risk."

Newly Formed: RADAR Board of Advisors

Also announced today, is the formation of the RADAR Board of Advisors, to further expand ID Experts security team of experts. RADAR, the proven and purpose-built privacy platform, has earned multiple patents, and won the HP-IAPP Privacy Innovation Award for Technology. The Board of Advisors will serve as a sounding board for RADAR, as it continues to evolve and address the newest security threats. Initial Board members include Dwayne Melancon, CISA, chief technology officer and vice president of research and development at Tripwire. He actively works with global corporations on information/cyber security, data breach preparation and recovery, DevOps, and executive cyber security strategy. Joining him is Pete Selda, a technology veteran with extensive experience in designing, building, managing and supporting software systems, with knowledge of behavioral software and the detection of malicious code.

"The addition of Dwayne Melancon and Pete Selda to our expanding RADAR team will enhance our product focus and expedite our market expansion goals," added Sher-Jan.

More information about RADAR is available at http://www2.idexpertscorp.com/RADAR.

About ID Experts

ID Experts provides software and services to simplify the complexities of managing privacy and security incident response. Its award-winning RADAR® software is relied on by some of the largest healthcare, insurance, and financial services organizations to reduce risks and ensure compliance. For more than a decade, ID Experts has provided data breach services and managed thousands of incidents. ID Experts is an advocate for privacy and participates with the Consumer Federation of America, the PHI Protection Network and Patient Privacy Rights. Visit www.idexpertscorp.com

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