WireHead, Media Sourcery Offer PKI Service To Infosec Island

PRESS RELEASE

RALEIGH, NC " September 21, 2009 " WireHead SecurityTM and Media Sourcery today announced a strategic partnership under which WireHead is delivering a first-of-a-kind security service to its new Infosec IslandTM community for IT and information security professionals. The new service, called IslandPKITM is the first public Web-based service to provide secure, easy-to-use browser-to-browser messaging and file transfer capabilities. IslandPKI is built on proven technology from Media Sourcery, currently in use at major healthcare and other organizations providing secure business-to-business solutions.

Using this technology provides the IslandPKI architecture with the highest level of security available for confidential and privileged business or personal communications. Infosec Island is the first secure infosec community featuring not only SSL-based security, but additional options for enhanced security for its members, such as IslandPKI.

As the first premium service available on Infosec Island, IslandPKI takes the complexity out of using public key infrastructure (PKI) encryption technology, providing an easy-to-use solution for encrypting sensitive employee, health or financial records and documents to share them safely via the Web.

IslandPKI is available on the Infosec Island site starting today to anyone who registers for a free membership. There is a 60-day free trial available to all Island members, after which members may subscribe for a low, flat fee of $25 per month/per user for this unique service. Site licensing options will be available to any organization with 100 or more registered members of Infosec Island.

IslandPKI was developed for Infosec Island by WireHead Security and Media Sourcery, makers of the AppMobilizer and PortalMobilizer security solutions. The underlying PKI technology is based on the PortalMobilizer solution from Austin, TX-based Media Sourcery, and is licensed by WireHead Security and adapted for Infosec Island.

For small- to medium-sized businesses, healthcare providers and facilities and other organizations that routinely handle confidential records and data, IslandPKI transforms PKI-level security into a practical option for the first time. IslandPKI makes it easy, quick and simple for IT/security pros to help non-technical users within their organizations to safely and securely share these records and documents. It is highly suitable for any industry that deal with regulatory compliance, such as healthcare, law, law enforcement, banking, government, insurance and financial services.

"We have been providing solutions for organizations in the healthcare field, as our technologies are designed from the ground up with HIPAA compliance in mind, plus simplicity," noted Larry Ketchersid, chairman and CEO of Media Sourcery. "IslandPKI is an ideal way to utilize our proven solutions to give the Infosec Island community an easy way to securely share any type of document or file containing confidential personal data or privileged business communications. We're very pleased to partner with WireHead and Infosec Island on this innovative Web-based service. The IslandPKI approach is simply not available on any other infosec portal or online community."

"IslandPKI brings Infosec Island members a number of unique benefits that enhance their organization's security," said Michael Menefee, president of Infosec Island publisher WireHead Security. "It can protect any document containing an individual's Social Security Number or other sensitive data, the loss of which could result in identity theft or fraud. It's so easy to use that any employee can use the service—not just technical experts highly-trained in PKI. That's the genius behind Media Sourcery's technology, and that's why we're so pleased to partner with them to deliver IslandPKI to our members."

IslandPKI offers the following functionality to Infosec Island members: