LONDON and DALLAS, May 12
/PRNewswire/ -- Insurance broker Lockton has teamed with Zix
Corporation (ZixCorp) (Nasdaq: ZIXI), the leading email encryption
service provider, in an innovative relationship to assist
healthcare organizations in reducing data breaches and cyber
liability. For healthcare organizations that have elected
cyber liability insurance coverage, Lockton will offer access to
one of the ZixCorp® best-in-class email encryption services,
ZixAuditor®, which highlights organizations' exposures to data
breaches and outsourced risks. The combined offering will
help healthcare organizations comply with the Health Information
Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
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Data breaches of personally identifiable healthcare information
can seriously damage a company's balance sheet as well as their
long-term reputation. ZixAuditor is an email assessment
service that enables organizations to identify email
vulnerabilities, implement more effective procedures and monitor
ongoing communications to determine compliance effectiveness. The
service helps eligible companies manage the risks associated with
sensitive email exchange and provides strategic insight into the
company's inbound and outbound email usage.
Lockton's Emily Freeman said:
"The HITECH Act places huge responsibilities for cyber liability on
healthcare companies, even if a data breach does not occur on their
premises or is not caused by their own employees. Data is mobile
and crosses national borders at the click of a button, and it is
increasingly the target of fraudsters, third-party agents and even
individuals with a grudge."
"Healthcare organizations are operating in a regulatory climate
that's unlike anything we've seen in the past. Lockton and ZixCorp
are two proven teams that can help identify and manage risk," said
Rick Spurr, Chief Executive Officer
for Zix Corporation. "We welcome the opportunity to work with
the Lockton team."
Lockton and ZixCorp will host a free webinar on May 20, 2010, at 2 p.m.
EDT for compliance officers, IT security staff and risk
managers to address security risks, current compliance regulations
and how ZixAuditor can identify email risks. To attend, please
visit http://www.zixcorp.com/info/lockton. For more
information on ZixAuditor, please email sales@zixcorp.com or
call 866-257-4949.
About Lockton
More than 3,800 professionals at Lockton provide more than
15,000 clients around the world with insurance, benefits, surety
and risk management services, offering an uncommon level of client
service. Since its founding in 1966, Lockton has grown to
become the 10th largest insurance broker in the world. Learn
more at www.lockton.com.
About Zix Corporation
Zix Corporation (ZixCorp) provides the only email encryption
service designed with your most important relationships in mind.
More than 1,000 hospitals and 1,300 financial institutions,
including the most influential companies and government
organizations, use the proven ZixCorp® Email Encryption
Service, including Wellpoint, Humana, the FDIC and the SEC.
ZixCorp Email Encryption Service is powered by
ZixDirectory(SM), the largest email encryption community in
the world. The tens of millions of ZixDirectory
members can feel secure knowing their most important relationships
are protected. For more information, visit www.zixcorp.com.
SOURCE Lockton