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• Louisville Hall of Justice Computer Stolen And Recovered, Hard Drive Still Missing

  There are reports out of Kentucky that a computer being used at the Louisville Hall of Justice has been stolen. The notable thing about this story, however, is that the computer was eventually recovered. Even more notable: the recovered computer was missing... Posted Jun 09 2017, 03:48 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, law, computer data security, information security, data at rest encryption, identity theft, hard disk encryption, computer encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, data in motion encryption, government encryption

• 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

• Data Breach Results In Loss Of $350 Million in Yahoo-Verizon Deal

  Last week, Verizon finally decided to go forward with the acquisition of Yahoo, the perennial would-be comeback internet search and media company. The deal, announced last year, saw an unusual delay when Yahoo revealed that it had been hacked, the largest... Posted Mar 02 2017, 08:48 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: law, computer data security, information security, identity theft, 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

• Courts Concrete FTC As Nation's Cyber Supercop

  That the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has court-approved authority to bring legal action against companies embroiled in data breaches is old news by now. Of course, when you consider that the FTC has been suing companies over data breaches since 2005... Posted Sep 29 2015, 07:34 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: law, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, prevent data leakage, encryption software, identity theft, computer 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, financial information encryption, cloud security

• I Can't Believe People Are Trying To Erase Themselves From The A. Madison Hack

  One of the things you quickly learn when you work for a data security company is that data security doesn't work the way normal people think it does. For example, "normal people," apparently, think that they can somehow get off the leaked... Posted Aug 21 2015, 09:25 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, hard drive encryption, information security, data at rest encryption, identity theft, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, endpoint security breach, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption

• HIPAA Laptop Encryption: Amedisys Notifies Of Possible Data Breach Of Encrypted Devices

  Is the use of encryption a silver-bullet for HIPAA covered entities that are looking to gain safe harbor from the notification policies found under the HITECH Breach Notification Rule? Generally, yes. There is a caveat, however, as Amedisys's recent... Posted Mar 17 2015, 03:52 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: theft, HIPAA, laptop encryption, law, information security, endpoint security, laptop security, data at rest encryption, laptop safe, encryption software, identity theft, laptop encryption solution, endpoint security breach, laptop security software, personal laptop encryption, laptop data security, laptop hdd encryption, persistent encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, personal information encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, hospital encryption, healthcare