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• 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

• New Mexico Now Has A Data Breach Notification Bill

  New Mexico will be the latest US state to add a data breach notification law to its books. Once the bill officially becomes a law, only two states – Alabama and South Dakota – will remain outsiders to the crazy idea that people should be notified if their... Posted Mar 31 2017, 01:44 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, information security, data at rest encryption, encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, data in motion encryption, government encryption

• Laptop Encryption: Chesapeake Public Schools Laptop Theft Affects Over 10,000 Employees

  According to a couple of sources, Chesapeake Public Schools in Virginia is notifying employees about a potential data breach. Per their announcement, nearly 11,000 people could be affected by the theft of a laptop computer. It appears that laptop encryption... Posted Dec 09 2016, 07:20 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, laptop encryption, computer data security, information security, data at rest encryption, encryption software, laptop encryption solution, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, school encryption

• Cloud Services: Will It Be There When You Need It?

  How much should you (or can you) trust the cloud to be there when you need it? Last week, the top US internet sites went dark, on and off, for a couple of hours or so due to a historically unprecedented denial of service attack (DDoS). Over the past week... Posted Oct 28 2016, 04:23 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, computer data security, file encryption, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, document encryption, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, personal information encryption, best encryption, cloud security