Passlogix Secures & Simplifies Workstation Access for Healthcare Providers With v-GO Session Manager

Passlogix(R), Inc., today announced a series of upgrades to its
v-GO(R) Session Manager (v-GO SM(TM)) for providing easy and secure
user access to clinical kiosks, and shared workstations. v-GO SM now
offers out-of-the-box integration with Ensure Technologies' XyLoc
proximity badges, enabling the use of strong two-factor user
authentication in kiosk environments. In addition, v-GO SM has
received interoperability certification for Fusion from Carefx(TM),
the Carefx Corporation offering that uses context management
technology to provide clinicians with simplified, unified and secure
access to patient information.

These and other new features extend v-GO SM's ability to expedite
secure kiosk access and facilitate compliance with HIPAA privacy
regulations by quickly authenticating users to shared workstations,
rapidly switching sessions between users without the need for a
Windows logoff, and automatically suspending and terminating open
kiosk applications after a predefined period of inactivity. v-GO SM is
a component of the market-leading v-GO Sign-On Platform, which has
sold more than 6 million licenses including 500,000+ to healthcare
organizations from community health systems to Kaiser Permanente.

"Clinicians need fast, simple, secure and accurate access to
patient data on shared workstations," said Tom Cleveland, information
technology security analyst for the four-hospital University of North
Carolina Health System, another v-GO user. "These upgrades to v-GO
Session Manager simplify this requirement and ensure that kiosk users
can access patient information quickly and efficiently."

Native Integration with XyLoc Proximity Badges

The addition of built-in XyLoc support enables v-GO SM to use both
PIN numbers and XyLoc badges for secure user authentication to shared
workstations without complex and expensive back-end integration. The
v-GO platform can now prompt users to enter their PIN numbers as soon
as the kiosk detects the presence of the badge. v-GO SM can also be
configured to keep a session open for pre-defined period, rather than
immediately suspending it, when a XyLoc user temporarily steps out of
range.

"An increasing number of our healthcare customers are seeking an
integrated solution that combines the security and strength of the
XyLoc Badges for user authentication and an enterprise single sign-on
solution for application authentication," said David Shook, senior
vice president of sales at Ensure Technologies. "v-GO SM streamlines
this process by eliminating the need for custom development work."

Single Sign-on to CCOW & Non-CCOW-Enabled Applications

v-GO SM's certification to interoperate with Fusion from Carefx
delivers an integrated solution for kiosk-based sign-on and context
management. When a user authenticates to a shared workstation, v-GO SM
natively sets the user context within Fusion to enable seamless access
to synchronized data in both CCOW and non-CCOW-aware applications. The
interoperability also provides enhanced reporting capabilities.

"Over 200 hospitals worldwide have selected our Fusion from Carefx
to streamline clinical workflow by aggregating patient data across
disparate applications, and shared workstations are a critical
component of making clinicians' lives easier," said David Ward, vice
president of business development for Carefx Corporation. "Our
certification of Passlogix v-GO SM ensures that kiosk users can take
full advantage of our ability to provide expedient and intuitive
access to the relevant patient data needed to make informed clinical
decisions."

New Flexibility for Session Management

Other enhancements strengthen v-GO SM's ability to control user
login and application logoff in kiosk environments as well as in
non-kiosk mode. These features include:

-- Intelligent session handling by authenticator type for all
authentication devices supported by the v-GO platform,
including smartcards, biometrics, tokens and proximity badges.
For example, v-GO SM can now differentiate between smart cards
that are inserted into a reader and those that are merely
swiped in and out. In the first case, v-GO SM will suspend the
session upon smart card removal; in the second, it will
recognize the smart card removal as the start of a session.

-- Easy customization of session behavior without hardcoding,
using new point-and-click tools to associate specific events
(e.g. session suspends and session ends) with specific actions
(e.g. keep application running, terminate application, run
program). These tools can be used to allow v-GO SM to
terminate rather than suspend an open patient records
application in order to ensure that staff members aren't
locked out of needed patient data; run custom scripts such as
user drive mapping when a session begins; send alerts for
unusually long sessions that might indicate
non-HIPAA-compliant activity; and so on.

-- Auto-termination of inactive desktop applications to release
patient records for use by other staff members in the event
that a physician steps away from his or her computer for an
extended period of time or leaves for the night without
logging off.

All upgrades are available immediately as part of the latest
release of v-GO SM.

The v-GO Sign-On Platform also includes other modules that
simplify the process of implementing and integrating secure single
sign-on technology into the overall identity infrastructure. Other
modules extend v-GO's single sign-on capabilities to any form of
strong authentication, provide an open platform for managing strong
authentication credentials, enable identity provisioning systems to
automatically inject user credentials into v-GO SSO, and provide
self-service reset of forgotten Windows passwords.

About Passlogix

Passlogix is the developer of the market's most robust, scalable
and easy-to-deploy enterprise single sign-on platform, with successful
installations in hundreds of organizations of all sizes and in all
industries around the world. The company's patented intelligence-based
technology eliminates lengthy and expensive implementation cycles, and
provides rapid return on investment, by adapting to any existing
infrastructure without the need for custom coding or replacement of
legacy hardware or software. Founded in 1996, Passlogix is
headquartered in New York City with sales offices throughout the
United States, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. For more information
please visit www.passlogix.com