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Playing into the rising awareness for-and confusion over-a handful of high-profile federal regulations, Internet Security Systems (ISS) last week launched a services practice focused on helping customers comply with these laws through security technology.
The move comes as security solution providers look to shore up their own sales and marketing messages surrounding complex regulatory legislation such as HIPAA, which sets privacy and disclosure parameters for patient data; the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, which focuses on financial services firms; the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a broad series of accounting oversight guidelines; and other regional corporate governance rules.
"We've put checklists together on how customers can become compliant from a security perspective," said Michele Drolet, CEO of Conqwest, a security integrator based in Holliston, Mass.
Offering this expertise takes a tricky combination of high-level engineering expertise along with specialized knowledge of hospitals and financial institutions, Drolet...