University of Chicago Medical Center and Layer 7 Technologies Win TechForum Best Practice Award

Companies Earn First Prize in Information Security Category for Joint Project to
Secure Medical Data
VANCOUVER--(Business Wire)--
Layer 7 Technologies, the leader in SOA security and governance, today announced
that the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) won the 2009 TechForum Best
Practice Awards for Information Security based on its use of Layer 7 technology.
The Best Practice Awards program promotes excellence in the business management
of technology, honoring real-world deployments that are innovative, easily
replicated and proven to be effective.

UCMC and Layer 7 won for their joint project to secure and govern the medical
center`s services and medical data while enforcing stringent HIPAA compliance.
UCMC`s Department of Medicine selected Layer 7`s SecureSpan XML Gateway
appliance to automate the querying, collation and anonymization of clinical data
(i.e. Lab, Pathology and Radiology results). Once deployed, SecureSpan enabled
UCMC to increase staff efficiency and reduce its data entry error rate by 30-40
percent while simultaneously maintaining strict security and management measures
and HIPAA compliance for sensitive patient records.

"Layer 7 helped us achieve Best Practices in patient care and medical research,"
said Michael Sorensen, executive director and chief technology officer at UCMC.
"Using the SecureSpan Gateway we were able to improve operational efficiencies
while maintaining stringent security and management measures for sensitive
patient records."

"The UCMC project is a great case study," said Scott Morrison, chief architect
and vice president, Engineering at Layer 7 Technologies. "We are going to see
more and more hospitals and providers moving to electronic health record systems
and comprehensive security and compliance will remain an absolute necessity."

TechForum`s Best Practice Awards program was founded in 1996 by Executive
Director Priscilla Tate. Judges for the Best Practice Awards include practicing
Fortune 1000 technology managers. The Best Practice Awards will be presented at
Technology Managers Forum`s 16th annual conference, "TechForum`s Security Forum:
Securing the Virtual Enterprise," held October 8 in downtown Manhattan.

"There were a number of excellent entries this year," said Tate. "The judges
felt that the Layer 7/UCMC project demonstrated a particularly well-executed,
timely and sophisticated use of SOA architecture that would be of value to many
other large enterprises and healthcare providers."

About Layer 7 Technologies

Layer 7 Technologies is the leader in SOA security and governance. Founded in
2003, Layer 7 sells the SecureSpan family of XML appliances that feature
sophisticated runtime governance, agent-less Web services management and
industry-leading XML security. Layer 7 helps organizations address their
security, visibility and governance issues by enabling them to control, monitor
and adapt their Web services, no matter where they originate - in the enterprise
or in the cloud. For more information, visit us at www.layer7tech.com.

About Technology Managers Forum

Technology Managers Forum is the professional association for IT managers at
mid-to-large corporations. Founded in 1994 by executive director Priscilla Tate,
Technology Managers Forum's mission is to provide, through its five annual
events, a venue for effective, informative communication between Fortune 1000
technology customers and their technology providers. TMF events bring together
IT managers and IT vendors in an interactive atmosphere that features unedited
debate and noncommercial dialogue on the most current and compelling enterprise
IT issues. Technology Managers Forum also sponsors a Best Practices Awards
program, founded in 1997, that recognizes quality achievements in technology
management that provide corporations with a competitive advantage.

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