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In practice, PatientLock and JurisLock have found that “stapling” our documentation to a cyber liability
insurance application provides underwriters and carriers the opportunity to increase the limits of risk
transfer offered, lower annual premiums, reduce retentions, and offer broader coverage options for
PatientLock and JurisLock customers.

We started with a simple goal: to protect the most vulnerable at their most vulnerable times. It started
with the trip to the NICU several years ago, and the needs and risks have only continued to grow. Cyber
criminals are making things as complicated as possible, and the potential impact of a breach is now more
devastating than ever. However, we will continue to work with those in the medical and legal professions
to protect those that they serve. There are steps that those in these fields can take to limit this risk, and
we are here to help them on that journey.

About the Author

Jim Ford, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PatientLock and JurisLock. Prior
to founding PatientLock, Jim spent nearly two decades working in healthcare, or
healthcare information technology, beginning his career in the laboratory of an
HCA hospital in 1998. Prior companies include Cerner, athenahealth,
Aprima/eMD’s, and Fortified Health Security, a healthcare focused managed
security services provider, or MSSP.

Jim founded PatientLock in 2019 with the vision of making enterprise-level
cybersecurity technologies and services available and affordable to any size of
healthcare organization. PatientLock is now deployed on network assets used by thousands of US-based
healthcare organizations.

Following the successful launch of PatientLock, Jim was approached by legal professionals looking to
address the cybersecurity and compliance issues faced by law firms. JurisLock was then launched for
law firms where the handling and storage of personally identifiable information (PII) and electronically
protected health information (ePHI) create the same compliance requirements and cybersecurity
challenges faced by healthcare organizations.

Jim earned certification as a HITRUST Practitioner, (CCSFP) was certified by the Supremus Group as a
HIPAA Privacy and Security Expert - Level-4 (CHPSE) and holds a master’s degree in business
administration (MBA).

Jim can be reached online at [email protected] and at the PatientLock or JurisLock company
websites: https://patientlock.net/ or https://jurislock.com/

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