Humana Locks Down Databases With DbProtect

PRESS RELEASE

NEW YORK " September 8, 2009 " Application Security, Inc., the leading provider of database security, risk and compliance solutions for the enterprise, today announced that Humana Inc. has successfully implemented DbProtect to manage and safeguard the highly sensitive, critical information stored on its database servers.

Humana is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health and supplemental benefits companies, with approximately 10.4 million medical members. As a full-service benefits solutions company, Humana offers health and supplementary benefit plans for employer groups, government programs and individuals.

As the industry's most comprehensive database security, risk and compliance platform, DbProtect enables organizations to achieve continuous compliance for their database infrastructure. DbProtect's agentless architecture empowers organizations with complex, heterogeneous environments to scale enterprise wide with the fastest time to value and lowest total cost of ownership. Humana utilizes DbProtect to centrally manage its enterprise-class database environment consisting of Oracle, IBM, Sybase, and Lotus Notes.

"As a leading health and supplemental benefits company, data security and information integrity are among Humana's highest priorities," said Jon Moore, Chief Information Security Officer, Humana Inc. "DbProtect is a scalable, enterprise solution that gives us visibility into our entire database environment. We are pleased to partner with Application Security, Inc. to safeguard the critical information stored on our databases."

"Humana serves as a market leader thru its commitment to using technology to streamline operations and maintain a high level of customer service," said John Ottman, president and chief executive officer, Application Security, Inc. "We are proud to support Humana's security, risk and compliance goals by safeguarding application information and automating their time-consuming audit operations."

About Application Security, Inc. Application Security, Inc. is the leading provider of agentless database security, risk and compliance (SRC) solutions for the enterprise. Application Security, Inc.'s agentless approach - AppDetectivePro for auditors and IT advisors, and DbProtect for the enterprise - deliver the industry's most scalable database SRC solution and is in use around the world in the most demanding environments by over 1,600 customers. The company was named to Inc. Magazine's 2007 (Inc. 500) and 2008 list of America's Fastest Growing Private Companies, and was also named to the 2008 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 by Deloitte & Touche.

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