Case Study: Leading Health Services Organization strengthens HIPAA security and automates access control with Prolifics and IBM Security Access Manager

Healthcare Provider Strengthens Security of Health Information with IBM Security

Leading Health Services Organization, the largest health insurer in its state with nearly 5,000 employees and more than 3.5 million members served, needed a way to meet evolving HIPAA and e-PHI security requirements. The company wanted centralized, policy-based control over user authentication and access to web and other applications for internal and external users. Prolifics helped address this challenge with IBM Security Access Manager (ISAM).

Prolifics implemented IBM Security Access Manager as a scalable authentication, authorization, and Web SSO solution to centralize access management and enforce security policies across web and application resources. The result was stronger security, improved accountability and reporting, better HIPAA compliance, and significant automation of manual tasks, reducing administrative effort and increasing productivity. The solution also positioned the organization for future growth and initiatives such as Federated Identity Management and Enterprise Single Sign-On without adding staff or major infrastructure.