[August 04, 2008]

Hill Country Memorial Hospital Chooses NCP engineering as Sole Provider of VPN Client Software

(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) NUREMBERG, GERMANY, August 4 / MARKET WIRE/ --

Leading provider of endpoint security
and VPN solutions, NCP engineering
GmbH, today announced it has become the sole provider of VPN client
software for Texas-based Hill Country
Memorial Hospital. The organization chose to adopt the NCP Secure Entry
Client for its powerful encryption and stable IPSec tunnel to comply with
HIPPA regulations regarding off-network handling of patient names,
conditions and other personal data.

"Our in-field hospice team became much more efficient by using the NCP
Secure Entry Client. Rather than have to drive paperwork into the hospital
and manually enter HIPPA-regulated patient data, they can instantly connect
to our network from their handheld devices and securely upload anything
they need to," said Ira Babb, network administrator, Hill Country Memorial
Hospital. "The interoperability of the VPN client was very important for us
since we have a wide range of network technologies in place. NCP allowed us
to keep everything intact."

The bundled NCP Secure Entry Client provides Hill Country Memorial Hospital
a single software solution for their Windows mobile devices that integrates
data encryption, a dynamic personal firewall, Friendly Net Detection, and
one-time password token and certificate support through a public key
infrastructure (PKI). The dynamic firewall allows Hill Country Memorial
Hospital to set policies for ports, IP addresses and segments, as well as
applications. The Friendly Net Detection, created by NCP engineering,
forces the network to identify itself to the device, preventing any data
packet transfer until a safe network has been detected. Configuration and
policy logic are easily set and managed centrally or through the NCP Secure
Entry Client itself.

"Hill Country Memorial Hospital had an interesting problem -- a built-in
SSL VPN connection on their Windows mobile handhelds that allowed secure
email, however their core patient recordkeeping application was too
difficult to manage on every device over the SSL," said Simon Ford,
international director, NCP engineering. "Adding an IPSec VPN connection
allowed total protection for all applications and a much more flexible
system for future growth."

A 30-day trial version of NCP Secure Entry Client offering unrestricted use
is available online at: http://www.ncp-e.com/en/downloads/software.html.

About Hill Country Memorial Hospital

Hill Country Memorial Hospital (HCMH) serves Fredericksburg and an

eight-county area in the Texas Hill Country including Gillespie, Blanco,
Burnet, Mason, Llano, Kendall, Kerr and Kimble counties. The hospital was
established on the community's desire for a modern hospital close to home,
offering home hospice care as well. Today this non-profit, tax-exempt
health care center does not receive funds from local, state or federal
taxes. More information is available at www.hcmhs.org

About NCP engineering GmbH

NCP, headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany, is a provider of application and
industry-neutral communication software for highly secure data transmission
in public networks and the Internet. Core competencies are in the areas of
Remote Access, IP-Routing, VPN and Firewall Technologies, Identity and
Access Management (IAM), Network Access Control (NAC) as well as strong
Authentication and Integration of PKI-Infrastructures. Under the guiding
principle of "Secure Communications," the firm develops products and
solutions for the areas of mobile computing, teleworking, e-commerce,
online banking, production data acquisition, system control (remote
maintenance) and branch office networking. NCP's technology guarantees
integration and compatibility with products from other manufacturers. NCP
relies on collaboration with technology partners and OEM partners, and on
sales via distributors and certified system houses for national and
international marketing.

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