Ortivus first to deliver IT-secure healthcare equipment

Ortivus first to deliver IT-secure healthcare equipment

Stockholm, March 10, 2009 - Ortivus signs agreement with Swedish proactive IT
security provider SE46 AB.

The recent IT security related incidents within the healthcare sector emphasizes
the need to raise the level of security on medical equipment. As a step in
addressing this pressing issue Ortivus has chosen to implement SE46s proactive
IT security solution as a component in their MobiMed and CoroNet systems,
thereby giving their customers the benefits of a system immune to all hostile
code.

Ortivus offers unique solutions by combining expertise in wireless, IT and
medical technology with clinical knowledge. Ortivus solutions secure that the
patient get accurate medical treatment and expertise instantly throughout the
care process. This results in better medical outcome as well as improved
efficiency for the entire health care system.

The need for protecting critical medical equipment from unauthorized software is
paramount, regardless of whether that software is purposely hostile or not. 

“Through the partnership with SE46 we can now offer our customers a
revolutionary solution that provide a complete protection against hostile code
and that does not require continuous external updates in order to maintain
security and that doesn't affect the performance of our systems. This further
strengthens Ortivus position as leader in managing the intricate balance between
fulfilling the requirements on medical technology with the flexibility given by
products based on IT and wireless technology.”, says Per Sletmo, Vice President
of R&D and Operations at Ortivus.

Ortivus classifies all their products, including their electronic Patient Record
system for ambulance services, as Medical technology products in according to
the Medical Device Directive (MDD).

Unlike conventional antivirus solutions SE46 solutions does not rely on being
connected to a server or being provided with new signatures or updates. The
alternative to such reactive solutions used to require resource intense
simulations and behavioral analysis, putting high demands on both memory, and
bandwidth. 
By only permitting authorized software, files and applications to run with the
use of digital certificates, critical systems are provided an elegant protection
against hostile code without affecting the functionality or performance of the
system 

“This deal is a major breakthrough for SE46 in the medical field. We think that
Ortivus initiative will pave the way for more manufacturers and providers of
medical equipment to utilize proactive IT security solutions. Using our methods
for certification of software we can create a reliable and well defined
environment in which an increased patient safety can be provided.”, says Anna
Barkvall, marketing manager and head of SE46s partner program.


For further information:
Jan B Andersson, CEO, Ortivus
Phone +46 8 446 45 00, mobile +46 705 294 741,
e-mail firstname.initial.lastname@ortivus.com

Also visit www.ortivus.com


Anna Barkvall, Marketing manager and head of SE46s partner program
Phone: +46 (735) 14 57 00
E-mail: anna.barkvall@se46.se

Also visit www.se46.com

About Ortivus
Ortivus is a listed company on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Small Cap and was founded in
1985. It is based in Danderyd, Sweden. Ortivus have 100 employees in Sweden, US,
Canada and Great Britain. In total more than 2 600 emergency services, 1 000
ambulances and 500 hospital beds are equipped with Ortivus solutions.

About SE46
SE46 AB is a Swedish software house focusing on true proactive IT-security. The
company's software studio, CIS, regards all code as malicious until it's
approved. By only allowing approved programs to run an environment safe from
malicious code is created. The SE46 technology is today deployed in a number of
large organisations with very high security standards.