Shrewd executives around the world are saving hundreds, even thousands, of dollars by forgoing encryption on mobile computers. Take the Hospital De Monterey Park for example; they saved hundreds of dollars by not encrypting their laptops. Never mind that the laptops are now stolen and 729,000 patient records are compromised, the forthcoming multimillion dollar lawsuits can be … [Read more...] about Save Now – Pay Later (Encryption)
Not to be outdone, St. Mary's Janesville Hospital, does not encrypt their laptops either. Wasn't it P.T. Barnum that said all publicity is good publicity? Source: http://www.stmarysjanesville.com/News/Pages/StatementfromStMarysJanesvilleHospital.aspx … [Read more...] about . . . and another lost laptop . . .
This time its Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System. Source: http://oag.ca.gov/system/files/541-116-13%20Letter%20to%20Patient_0.pdf? … [Read more...] about Yet another unencrypted laptop compromises HIPAA data . . .
Stolen computers were 'password protected' but their hard disks were not encrypted. Now the company is on the ropes. Read about it here: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/09/10/us-health-care-company-faces-giant-class-action-suit-for-losing-over-4000000-unencrypted-records/ … [Read more...] about Giant class action suit for losing unencrypted records
Authorities are investigating a missing unencrypted laptop containing personal information of 596 patients from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School. School officials discovered the missing laptop August 2 from a locked closet in a University of Texas Physicians orthopedic clinic. Source: … [Read more...] about UTHealth loses computer with patient info