Premier Inc. Healthcare Alliance Discovers and Masks Sensitive Health Information with Camouflage® DLM Suite

(I-Newswire) April 7, 2010 - Boston, MA, April 7, 2010 – Today, Camouflage® Software Inc., the leader in data masking technologies announces Premier Inc. healthcare alliance to be the latest to implement their complete Camouflage® Data Masking Lifecycle Management (DLM) Suite. The DLM Suite is Camouflage® Software’s end-to-end data masking solution designed to protect sensitive data, enabling organizations to discover, analyze, subset and protect personal information within non-production environments. Most importantly, the Camouflage® DLM Suite facilitates rapid compliance with HIPAA, PCI DSS, GLBA and SOX.

Premier Inc. healthcare alliance maintains the most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information while operating a leading healthcare purchasing network. With more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000-plus healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability, Premier needed an enterprise solution that could easily mask heterogeneous systems while maintaining data consistency.

Prior to engaging Camouflage Software Inc. and their Camouflage® DLM Suite, Premier was seeking a means to better protect its Personal Health Information (PHI) in many of their non-production environments that included application development, testing, training and QA. They required a highly robust and scalable solution that would quickly search and discover sensitive data as well as intelligently subset the data for the efficient masking of their alliance member information. Premier Inc. chose the Camouflage® DLM Suite as the clear winner in being able to meet all their organizational requirements.

Todd Wilkes, Premier’s Vice President of Architecture & Application Development says, “As a healthcare alliance that operates the nation’s largest and most detailed clinical and financial database, it was important to find an integrated solution that could quickly discover, subset and mask highly sensitive information for more than 100 million medical records. The Camouflage® DLM Suite was installed and up in running in just one week across some of our key data repositories while maintaining data integrity and consistency across multiple data sources - Oracle, SQLServer and Netezza in our non-production environments. It’s providing a new level of data protection while complying with mandatory government legislation for our customers.”

About Camouflage® Software Inc.,
As pioneers in data masking, Camouflage Software Inc. continues to innovate and expand the field with focused products and services that respond to the ever-evolving needs of our clients and the market. Camouflage® offers an end-to-end Data Masking Lifecycle (DLM) Suite featuring best-of-breed data masking technologies designed to ensure that sensitive information is properly protected for use in application development, testing, off-shoring and training. Coupled with our team of data masking experts and Best Practice guidance, Camouflage® offers a proven and comprehensive approach to achieving compliance. For additional information please visit us at www.datamasking.com.

About Premier Inc.,
The Premier healthcare alliance™ is more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals and 64,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier maintains the nation's most comprehensive repository of clinical, financial and outcomes information and operates a leading healthcare purchasing network. A world leader in helping deliver measurable improvements in care, Premier works with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the United Kingdom's National Health Service North West to improve hospital performance. Headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., Premier also has offices in San Diego, Philadelphia and Washington.

About Camouflage Software Inc.:
About Camouflage® Software Inc.,
As pioneers in data masking, Camouflage Software Inc. continues to innovate and expand the field with focused products and services that respond to the ever-evolving needs of our clients and the market. Camouflage® offers an end-to-end Data Masking Lifecycle (DLM) Suite featuring best-of-breed data masking technologies designed to ensure that sensitive information is properly protected for use in application development, testing, off-shoring and training. Coupled with our team of data masking experts and Best Practice guidance, Camouflage® offers a proven and comprehensive approach to achieving compliance. For additional information please visit us at www.datamasking.com.

Company Contact Information
Camouflage Software Inc.
Susan Hilts
St. John's NL, Canada
A1B 3V7
Phone : 709-722-1200