EpicTide Announces Leading Database Expert to Join Company's Solutions Advisory Board

Business Wire, Nov 28, 2006

Dr. Joachim Hammer of the University of Florida to Assist EpicTide with Streamlined Privacy Auditing and Monitoring for Medical Identity Theft

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- EpicTide, Inc., a leading provider of information security solutions for the healthcare industry, announced today that leading database expert, Dr. Joachim Hammer, has joined EpicTide's Solutions Advisory Board and will serve as a consultant to the company.

Dr. Joachim Hammer is a recognized expert in scaling and searching massive databases. Dr. Hammer is an associate professor at the University of Florida, where he specializes in knowledge discovery, data warehousing and information integration. Prior to joining the University of Florida, Dr. Hammer was a research scientist in the database group at Stanford University and received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. Dr. Hammer has published over sixty (60) papers and articles on databases.

"Dr. Hammer gives EpicTide a best-of-class perspective on the challenges of searching and monitoring for information security incidents across vast amounts of data," said EpicTide CEO, Kurt Long. "Our healthcare customers face daunting challenges in conducting patient privacy audits across dozens of applications as well as detecting medical identity theft and other insider information security incidents. We are delighted to have Dr. Hammer on the EpicTide team and believe he can play a significant role in addressing these challenges in large environments."

In September, EpicTide announced FairWarning 2.0 an appliance based solution which affordably automates healthcare's best practices for reviewing audit logs from systems which access protected health information. FairWarning 2.([R]) is available with built-in support for audit logs from major healthcare application vendors including, but not limited to, Cerner, Eclipsys, GE, McKesson, Meditech, Misys, and Siemens.

To learn more about EpicTide FairWarning, register for a Webinar or to request a custom demonstration, visit www.epictide.com.

About EpicTide, Inc.

EpicTide is a leader in solutions that help organizations increase their security responsiveness, identity insider security incidents, automate compliance and reduce associated costs. The company is privately held and is located in St. Petersburg, Florida. To learn more about EpicTide, Inc., visit the company website at www.epictide.com or call the company at 1-866-602-8433 (U.S. Toll Free) or 1 727 576 6700 (International).