Category: Enterprise
Threat Stack Announces the Completion of its Annual Type 2 SOC 2 Examination
Castle raises $9.2 million for AI that protects consumer apps from account takeovers
2019 Best in KLAS Report Ranks Protenus No. 1 in Patient Privacy Monitoring
NH Hotel Group expands partnership with OTA Insight
Protenus to expand, move HQ to Brown’s Wharf in Fells Point
OTA Insight Expands Partnership with NH Hotel Group
CynergisTek and Protenus Join Forces as Partners to Protect Patient Privacy
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CynergisTek, Inc. (NYSE AMERICAN: CTEK), a leader in healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and information assurance, today announced it has formed a preferred partnership with Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics platform that protects patient privacy, to help health systems nationwide enhance patient privacy monitoring programs. The partnership will grant health systems access to Protenus’ robust analytics that leverages artificial intelligence to gather data related to potential patient privacy risks, along with CynergisTek’s Patient Privacy Monitoring Service, a managed service offering designed to implement and maintain an effective privacy monitoring analytics program with skilled privacy resources.
According to the Protenus Breach Barometer, insider incidents accounted for 23 percent of all breaches that occurred at health systems in Q3 2018. This figure will only continue increasing, indicating that now more than ever, health systems need a cost-effective solution to meet the daily challenges of managing patient privacy. To address this need, CynergisTek and Protenus formed a preferred partnership to combine CynergisTek’s industry experience in healthcare consulting and optimization of privacy programs with Prontenus’ strength in healthcare analytics technology to offer health systems both the people, processes, and technology components of a strong patient privacy monitoring program.
“As health systems face mounting challenges in creating and maintaining robust patient privacy monitoring programs, we identified a need to partner with a company offering complementary services so that health systems can act on the insights uncovered by our analytics,” said Nick Culbertson, CEO and Co-Founder of Protenus. “With a long-standing reputation as one of the leading authorities on healthcare security and privacy, we are confident that combining our technology with CynergisTek’s know-how will push the industry forward when it comes to making patient privacy a priority.”
AvantStay Secures $5M in Funding to Deliver Short-term Group Rental Experiences
Round will accelerate expansion of revolutionary hospitality brand’s property footprint, delivering more customized experience options for group travelers
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AvantStay, a hospitality brand aimed at revolutionizing group travel, announced an additional $5 million round of funding led by Bullpen Capital. Other investors include F-Prime Capital, Zeno Ventures, and Convivialité Ventures, with continued participation from existing investors Abstract Ventures and Presidio Bay Ventures. The funding will fuel AvantStay’s growth, as the company extends its unique approach to the short-term rental market to more properties, while expanding its offering of integrated activities to provide groups with indelible experiences.
AvantStay empowers groups to have amazing travel experiences. By combining the authentic experiences millennials crave with the consistency and comfort of a hospitality company, AvantStay delivers differentiated real estate, best-in-class tech, and premium properties designed for groups of all sizes. Each hand-selected AvantStay property offers thoughtful, localized experiences to fit every group’s needs, from experiential in-home games to personalized recommendations. AvantStay relies on tech automation to communicate with guests, manage maintenance and cleaning, and deliver exceptional customer service.
Currently, AvantStay maintains more than 60 vacation properties across seven U.S. markets, featuring more than 300 rooms in total. AvantStay also maintains a close relationship with Airbnb, collaborating on technology initiatives, policy updates and market demands. The latest funding will help AvantStay further invest in its operational technology infrastructure, expand to new markets and grow the number of properties under its control to more than 200 and over 1,000 rooms by the end of 2019.
OTA Insight appoints General Manager to drive continued growth in the Americas
David Collier appointed General Manager, Americas to drive market development and expansion efforts across North America and Latin America
DALLAS and LONDON, Dec. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — OTA Insight, the cloud-based data intelligence platform for the hospitality industry, now serving more than 40,000 hotels globally, has appointed Dave Collier as General Manager for the Americas to drive accelerated growth across the region.
“We’re growing fast in all regions but the Americas now represents our largest market. As we continue to rapidly grow our customer base and expand our Americas team to serve them, it’s an opportune time to bring on a seasoned business development leader like Dave,” says Sean Fitzpatrick, CEO at OTA Insight.
Collier will be charged with overseeing OTA Insight’s expansion across the Americas, as well as providing direction to product, sales, and marketing efforts in the region. News of Collier’s appointment comes on the heels of a record 12 months of growth and key partnership announcements with: Best Western Hotels and Resorts – North America, Westmont Hospitality, Sandman Hotel Group, Dimension Development, Kana Hotel Group and Outrigger Hotels and Resorts.