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• HIPAA Data Breach: Medical Office Alerts Patients That Nothing Happened

  I've just run across a data breach notification that is a first of its kind: a data breach where the affected organization tells its clients (technically, patients) that nothing happened. It's like the Seinfeld show of data breaches. The breach... Posted Mar 20 2015, 05:03 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, HIPAA, data security, law, data theft prevention, computer data security, hard disk encryption, hdd encryption software, securing corporate laptops, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, hospital encryption, MDM, healthcare

• Connecticut Data Encryption: Senator To Propose Required Encryption For Insurance Companies

  It looks like Connecticut could be following in the footsteps of New Jersey: according to stamford.dailyvoice.com , state senators are considering proposing legislation that would require Insurance companies to encrypt any sensitive personal data. If... Posted Feb 24 2015, 06:23 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, device encryption, data security, law, security, secure digital assets, encryption software, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, hdd encryption software, securing corporate laptops, encryption law, encryption software provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, best encryption

• New York Data Security Law: AG Pursuing Law Updates, Will Introduce Safe Harbor

  New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced last week that he will be pursuing updates to the state's data security laws. Among the proposals are changes to the legal definition of "personal information"; introducing safe harbor... Posted Jan 20 2015, 09:02 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data security, law, data theft prevention, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, data at rest encryption, encryption software, laptop encryption solution, laptop security software, computer encryption software, securing corporate laptops, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider

• Lawyer Laptop Encryption: San Francisco Attorney Notifies Clients of Laptop Theft, Potential Data Breach

  A data breach can be a devastating experience. Even more so if the breach involves a particular profession where privacy, anonymity, and secrecy happen to be paramount. That's why a medical data breach hits people more closely than a retailer's... Posted Jan 15 2015, 07:39 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, device encryption, laptop encryption, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, information security, laptop security, laptop safe, encryption software, hard disk encryption, laptop encryption solution, endpoint security breach, personal laptop encryption, laptop data security, hdd encryption software, laptop hdd encryption, securing corporate laptops, persistent encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, encryption standard, personal information encryption, disc encryption

• Disk Encryption: A Lost Laptop Costs $49,000 On Average

  According to some of the latest findings, the average cost of a lost laptop is over $49,000. In US dollars. Actually, there needs to be an asterisk placed after the figure: the cost is based on the assumption that the lost computer was not protected with... Posted Dec 15 2014, 07:04 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, mobile data security, laptop encryption, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, mobile data encryption, computer data security, information security, laptop security, laptop safe, encryption software, hard disk encryption, laptop encryption solution, endpoint security breach, laptop security software, personal laptop encryption, computer encryption software, mobile hdd encryption, laptop data security, hdd encryption software, laptop hdd encryption, securing corporate laptops, cost of software security breaches, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, cost of lost laptops, persistent encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, encryption standard, personal information encryption, best encryption, medical data encryption, government encryption, financial information encryption

• HIPAA Encryption: Latest HHS/OCR Settlement Underscores Follow-through, Patching, & Vigilance

  Anchorage Community Mental Health Services (ACMHS) has settled with HHS/OCR over potential violations of HIPAA. Of course, HIPAA settlements are not interesting in of themselves, per se, but because of the accusations that led to them. In this particular... Posted Dec 09 2014, 07:50 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, HIPAA, hard drive encryption, encryption software, hard disk encryption, endpoint security breach, computer encryption software, hdd encryption software, securing corporate laptops, cost of software security breaches, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, hospital encryption, MDM, healthcare