LogRhythm CISO Prepares Healthcare Entities for the New World of Cyber Security Risks at 2015 Digital Health Summit

BOULDER, Colo., May 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- LogRhythm, The Security Intelligence Company, today announced that James Carder, its chief information security officer (CISO) and vice president of LogRhythm Labs, will share extensive healthcare IT security insight as a participant on a panel titled, "What's Next? The Future of Data Security," on May 7 at 10:50 a.m. MT at the 2015 Digital Health Summit in Denver, Colo. 

The panel will address heightened IT security challenges facing healthcare companies. Healthcare practitioners can feel overwhelmed; it's hard to know what to do to protect patient data and how to comply with rules and regulations about privacy and security. The panelists will provide guidance on patient data protection in order to prepare health practitioners for the cyber threats of the future.  

Carder brings to the discussion first-hand experience from his days as director of security informatics at Mayo Clinic, where he architected a state-of-the-art incident response infrastructure and established its cyber threat intelligence and response organization. Joining him on the panel will be: Jason Carolan, CTO, ViaWest; Chris Martinez, vice president of security at iTriage; and Howard Haile, CISO at SCL Health. Erik Reynolds of Ernst and Young will serve as moderator.

About LogRhythm
LogRhythm, a leader in security intelligence and analytics, empowers organizations around the globe to rapidly detect, respond to and neutralize damaging cyber threats. The company's award-winning platform unifies next-generation SIEM, log management, network and endpoint forensics, and advanced security analytics. In addition to protecting customers from the risks associated with cyber threats, LogRhythm provides innovative compliance automation and assurance, and enhanced IT intelligence.

Consistently recognized by third-party experts, LogRhythm has been positioned as a Leader in Gartner's SIEM Magic Quadrant report for three consecutive years, named a "Champion" in Info-Tech Research Group's 2014-15 SIEM Vendor Landscape report, ranked Best-in-Class (No. 1) in DCIG's 2014-15 SIEM Appliance Buyer's Guide, awarded the SANS Institute's "Best of 2014" award in SIEM and received the SC Magazine Readers Trust Award for "Best SIEM" in April 2015. Additionally, the company earned Frost & Sullivan's SIEM Global Market Penetration Leadership Award and was named a Top Workplace by the Denver Post. LogRhythm is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado with operations throughout North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.

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