Secure Data Transport

Keeping employee records secure has never been more important. Federal and State Privacy Legislation requires that Protected Health information (PHI) is kept safe and only disclosed under very specific circumstances.

Privacy and security are not just HIPAA issues. The Wall Street Journal (2003) reported that there were 162,000 cases of identity theft in the year 2002 and that same year (2002) TransUnion reported that the #1 underlying source of identity fraud is the theft of employer records.

Of major concern for employers is the transmission of protected information over the internet, or in electronic formats, for use by vendors or brokers in specific situations including benefits. EBS has invested in leading technology that provides a method to transfer sensitive or confidential data.

The EBS solution allows employers to utilize the speed of the Internet to transfer data without worrying about security and without the expense of additional software or hardware. A web browser is proficient in most applications.

Solution Highlights

• Specific user permissions (i.e. naming which HR staff can access what data)
• Interface is easy to use
• Data and time access controls
• Legal grade audit trails (MDN-RFC 2298,tamper-evident, legal grade)
• Data integrity checking on all transferred data (utilizes MD5)
• Data validity checking
• System is currently being used by top US banks and major corporations throughout the US
• Requires no additional hardware, software, or training costs for secure transmissions through EBS