Singapore has opted for an extensive implementation of Oracle solutions in the establishment of its National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system. NEHR has deployed
Oracle Healthcare Transaction Base, Oracle Database 11g, multiple Oracle Database Options, Oracle VM, and several components of Oracle Fusion Middleware, such as Oracle Identity Management 11g, Oracle SOA Suite 11g and Oracle WebLogic Suite 11g. NEHR will enable health care providers to access a single patient record for medical information, including patient demographics, diagnosis, medications, tests, procedures and discharge summaries, for exchange among clinicians. This comprehensive deployment of a platform for electronic health records was completed in 10 months with the aid of Oracle Consulting.
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The release of SSH client PuTTY 0.61 is announced on Help Net Security, which reports that the popular free telnet/SSH client for Windows and Unix platforms now brings new features, bug fixes, and compatibility updates for Windows 7 and various SSH server software. PuTTY 0.61 supports SSH-2 authentication using GSSAPI, on both Windows and Unix. Users in a Kerberos realm should now be able to use their existing Kerberos single sign-on in their PuTTY SSH connections, the announcement continues. For information on further improvements in this release, click on the link above.
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The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) or the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, as it is sometimes known, formalizes safeguards to protect the information required of individuals by the financial services institutions they patronize. The Oracle white paper "Safeguarding Financial Privacy" provides an overview of the GLBA, focusing on its Safeguards Rule and its effect on the agreements entered into between financial institutions and the service providers and other institutions they deal with. The effectiveness of enterprise single sign-on (ESSO) in addressing this issue is also discussed.
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Security concerns comprise an important aspect of the Administrative Simplification Compliance Act, itself part of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The Oracle white paper "Leveraging Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite Plus to Achieve HIPAA Compliance" outlines how users can implement Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On Suite Plus to achieve compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule in particular and HIPAA security requirements in general. The white paper explains the authentication and access controls in Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On that ensure compliance with HIPAA requirements. Appendices illustrate in detail both the standards and specifications of HIPAA's Security Rule and point out which of these in particular are addressed by the subject solution.
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EMA's white paper "Enabling Single Sign-On from Desktop to Cloud for the Extended Enterprise" assesses the potential of single sign-on (Oracle ESSO in particular) in several spheres: the cloud, SaaS, and third-party resources. The paper notes that, inside the enterprise, the Oracle ESSO solution is compatible with a wide range of resources, from Windows to mainframe, Java and Web-based applications. Furthermore, Oracle ESSO supports a number of line-of-business applications such as healthcare, human resources, accounting and financial systems, as well as widely adopted application platforms. In addition, among third-party SaaS and hosted resources, Oracle ESSO extends single sign-on to customers of widely recognized brands such as Salesforce.com, GovTrip, NetSuite, major banking sites, and many others.
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