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Cisco Webex Teams Earns HITRUST Certification

Cisco announced that Webex Teams, Webex
Control Hub and Webex API have achieved
HITRUST CSF Certification, the world’s
most widely adopted security framework in
the healthcare industry. The certification,
which combines best-in-class standards
from HIPAA, NIST, COBIT, and many others,
as well as key regulations, further validates
the Cisco Webex commitment to providing
customers with easy to use, reliable
and secure collaboration and protecting
sensitive information. Patient privacy
is paramount for healthcare customers
and this certification delivers additional
confidence in Cisco’s dedication to
keeping data safe and confidential. “Webex even more the growing importance of continue,” said Jim Lundy, Founder and CEO
is the leading collaboration solution and meeting complex compliance and privacy of Aragon Research. “Further mitigating
we’re backed by the largest enterprise requirements.” HITRUST CSF Certified risk for customers is essential, especially
security company in the world. We have status places Cisco Webex in an elite when it comes to protecting sensitive
a longstanding commitment to privacy— group of organizations worldwide that information, and HITRUST Certification
it’s part of our culture and a foundational have earned this certification. By including provides that added level of confidence
element in how we build our products. federal and state regulations, standards, and trust for those relying on Webex for
By achieving HITRUST® certification, our and frameworks, and incorporating connection and collaboration needs.”
healthcare customers are assured we’re a risk-based approach, the HITRUST “HITRUST helps organizations ensure
protecting sensitive data and information CSF helps organizations address these that the highest standards of information
according to the highest standard, challenges through a comprehensive and protection requirements are met when
allowing them to focus on the critical flexible framework of prescriptive and sensitive data is accessed or stored,”
work they’re doing.” said Jeff Wicks, Chief scalable security controls. “Reliance on stated Jeremy Huval, Chief Compliance
Security Officer, Cisco Collaboration. “With secure collaboration tools is becoming Officer, HITRUST. “Cisco can be recognized
healthcare providers increasingly relying on a top priority for every industry, including as an organization that can be counted on
collaboration technologies, we understand healthcare, and we expect that trend to for keeping information safe.”

Eutelsat Selected by Telenor Maritime for Maritime
Mobility Services in Europe, Trans-Atlantic Routes,

the Caribbean, and South East Asia

Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext the outset of the contract, Telenor Maritime respect to the latency of voice traffic,
Paris: ETL) has secured a multi-year Vessels will progressively transfer vessels capacity management and deployment
contract with Telenor Maritime to provide onto the network in a proactive manner. flexibility.” Philippe Oliva, Chief Commercial
Ku coverage on a regional basis for sailing At a later stage, Telenor Maritime will Officer of Eutelsat Communications said:
areas in Europe, Trans-Atlantic crossings, migrate vessels onto Eutelsat’s Ka band “We thank Telenor Maritime for placing its
the Caribbean and South East Asia. Eutelsat satellite, Konnect VHTS in Europe when it trust in Eutelsat, and making us its main
will leverage several of its satellites in is available, making it the first reference supplier of managed maritime connectivity
order to deliver targeted capacity with customer from the maritime industry on services, enabling it to extend its offer of
guaranteed levels of throughput to specific the new satellite. Lars Erik Lunøe, CEO of high speed connectivity to its customers.
sailing areas under a managed services Telenor Maritime said: “We are pleased This contract testifies to the unparalleled
agreement. It will enable the delivery of to extend our collaboration with Eutelsat. coverage of Eutelsat’s fleet as well as
high speed internet connectivity to cruise Eutelsat was selected based on its ability to its flexible and innovative approach in
and ferry passengers by extending GSM deliver the right platform/ and service mix delivering tailor-made solutions for its
roaming to the vessel and/or selling to suit our target markets and the flexibility customers.”
access to on-board WiFi networks. From to accommodate our high standards with

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