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• Smartphone Encryption: FBI and Apple At It Again?

  Following the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced in a press conference that they're unable to get into the smartphone of the shooter. The reason? Encryption. While the brand of the smartphone was... Posted Nov 17 2017, 02:32 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, law, data at rest encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, personal information encryption, best encryption, government encryption, Android encryption, iPhone encryption, smartphone encryption, iPad encryption, MDM

• 47.5 GB of PHI Left Exposed on the Cloud. (That's 316,000 PDFs)

  According to gizmodo.com , security researchers at Kromtech Security Center found a wide-open Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket that contained over 300,000 PDFs, each one a medical file that would fall under the governance of the Health Insurance Portability... Posted Oct 13 2017, 02:56 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: HIPAA, data security, law, computer data security, information security, file encryption, data at rest encryption, identity theft, cost of software security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, best encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, government encryption, hospital encryption, cloud security, healthcare

• Equifax Data Breach Continues To Bear Poisoned Fruit

  About two weeks ago, when Equifax first revealed their massive data breach, it was noted by many that the company didn't appear to be prepared nor equipped to deal with the demands of whatever contingency plans they had prepared for the day they would... Posted Sep 22 2017, 03:12 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, law, security, encrypted data, computer data security, identity theft, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, government encryption, financial information encryption, cloud security

• Target Settles With 47 Attorneys General Over 2013 Hack

  One of the biggest hacks in history was the Target credit hack of winter 2013, which affected approximately 60 million people. Four years later, Target is finally putting the situation behind, settling legal action brought to it by 47 states. The amount... Posted May 31 2017, 04:19 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, HIPAA, law, computer data security, encryption software, identity theft, computer encryption software, cost of computer security breach, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, government encryption, cloud security, healthcare

• HIPAA/HITECH Doesn't Require You To Be Perfect, But It Does Expect You To Follow The Rules

  A couple of recent Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) legal settlements emphasize paperwork over security, showing that a healthcare entity's approach to safeguarding data must be holistic: yes, you need to use encryption, and lock doors... Posted Apr 28 2017, 07:09 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: HIPAA, law, computer data security, encryption software, cost of software security breaches, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, patient data encryption, government encryption, hospital encryption, healthcare

• Tennessee Updates Law That Required Notification For Encrypted Personal Data Loss

  In 2016, Tennessee created something of a legal furor when it became the first state to require data breach notifications (DBN) even if the lost or stolen data was protected with encryption. Earlier this month, a new law took effect that "clarifies... Posted Apr 20 2017, 02:05 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, laptop encryption, computer data security, information security, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, hard disk encryption, endpoint security breach, computer encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, best encryption, government encryption, smartphone encryption