MedReview Selects Tumbleweed to Protect Highly Sensitive Emails; MailGate Email Firewall and Secure Messenger Provide Outbound E
May 12 2005 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Tumbleweed(R) Communications Corp. (Nasdaq:TMWD), a leading
provider of email and file transfer security solutions, announced
today that MedReview Inc., a leader in medical reviews and programs
for prospective, concurrent and retrospective monitoring, has
implemented the Tumbleweed MailGate Email Firewall(TM) and Secure
Messenger(TM) products to protect critical information, meet
regulatory compliance requirements, and significantly reduce IT
costs. MedReview, a subsidiary of the New York County Health
Services Review Organization (NYCHSRO) which was established in
1974 as one of the first physicians' peer review organizations in
the United States, provides its clients with guaranteed
cost-effective case management and utilization analysis approaches
that can assist them in developing or negotiating more
cost-efficient benefit plan strategies. As businesses like
MedReview aggressively expand the use of email to help streamline
communications and cut costs, the privacy and security of personal
and confidential information shared via email is a top concern.
This concern, combined with regulations like the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and Sarbanes-Oxley,
imposes email security and management requirements which most email
systems don't meet. To address regulatory issues and ensure client
privacy, MedReview implemented the Tumbleweed's MailGate Email
Firewall and Secure Messenger solutions to protect, filter and
secure email traffic throughout the organization's communications
network. MailGate Email Firewall supports and protects more than
300 email users and scans over 1 million messages a month, blocking
spam and viruses before they reach the email server. "HIPAA was a
real challenge, but with Tumbleweed there was no need for
additional training. Tumbleweed integrates seamlessly with
Microsoft Outlook, so people just sent their emails," said Vlad
Safyanovskiy, senior technology officer of MedReview. MailGate
Secure Messenger also meets high security requirements by
encrypting the more than 2,500 outgoing messages per month to
address PHI-related concerns. MedReview now relies on Tumbleweed to
inspect every incoming and outgoing email communication to detect
and disinfect potentially damaging messages. As an added benefit,
the Tumbleweed solutions also protect MedReview against worms,
Trojan horses and other malicious threats in all major file types,
including mobile code and compressed file formats. "We understand
that the benefits of fully utilizing email within the healthcare
industry carry significant risks if the traffic is not properly
secured and managed. We've optimized our MailGate solutions for
highly confidential, mission-critical applications to ensure that
our customers meet both regulatory requirements and their user's
expectations," said Joe Fisher, VP of Marketing, Tumbleweed
Communications. "As a leader in the healthcare industry, MedReview
turned to the leader in email security to provide them with the
most reliable, customizable and cost-effective email solution to
address not only security but also compliance related issues."
About Tumbleweed MailGate Email Firewall Tumbleweed MailGate Email
Firewall has been recognized as having the best email security
product functionality by META Group, and was rated the #1
enterprise software solution for fighting spam, according to
Network World (http://www.nwfusion.com/reviews/2003/0915spam.html).
Tumbleweed MailGate Email Firewall protects, filters and secures
email traffic at the Internet gateway with an integrated set of
anti-spam, anti-virus, anti-hacker, content filtering, email relay
and encrypted messaging capabilities -- minimizing email
communications risks and reducing email management costs.
Tumbleweed MailGate Email Firewall is used by more than 650 of the
world's largest, most demanding messaging infrastructures, and is
available in both appliance and software editions. About
Tumbleweed's Secure Messenger MailGate Secure Messenger(TM), now in
its sixth generation, is the leading software solution for securing
email communications. Currently deployed at some of the most
demanding enterprises in the Global 2000, MailGate Secure Messenger
enables organizations to meet their own unique security needs --
from compliance with government privacy regulations in Healthcare
(HIPAA) and Financial Services (GLBA) to enforcement of corporate
policies (SOX) and protection of intellectual property. Secure
Messenger works with the MailGate Email Firewall to inspect all
outbound email at the network gateway. Based on policies that your
organization defines, it automatically identifies violations based
on the content of the email, and redirects suspect messages to a
secure, encrypted channel for further action. This perimeter-based
design ensures that all users comply with enterprise privacy and
security policies all the time -- without the need to install
software on every desktop. About MedReview Inc. MedReview is a
subsidiary of New York County Health Services Review Organization
(NYCHSRO), which was established in 1974 in New York State as one
of the first physicians' peer review organizations in the United
States. The company's goals were then, and continue to be,
improvements in the quality, appropriateness, and
cost-effectiveness of health care services. About Tumbleweed
Communications Corp. Tumbleweed provides security solutions for
email protection, file transfers, and identity validation that
allow organizations to safely conduct business over the Internet.
Tumbleweed offers these solutions in three comprehensive product
suites: MailGate, SecureTransport, and Validation Authority.
MailGate provides protection against spam, viruses, and attacks,
and enables policy-based message filtering, encryption, and
routing. SecureTransport enables business to safely exchange large
files and transactions without proprietary software. The Validation
Authority is the world-leading solution for determining the
validity of digital certificates. Tumbleweed's enterprise and
government customers include ABN Amro, Bank of America Securities,
Catholic Healthcare West, JP Morgan Chase & Co., The Regence
Group (Blue Cross/Blue Shield), St. Luke's Episcopal Healthcare
System, the US Food and Drug Administration, the US Department of
Defense, and all four branches of the US Armed Forces. Tumbleweed
was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Calif.
For additional information about Tumbleweed go to
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