Tag Archives: Unencrypted Data

Unencrypted Data- An Ongoing Problem

Stolen or lost unencrypted devices have always posed a significant threat to healthcare entities throughout the United States for quite some time now. And a new breach report by the California Attorney General’s office confirms an ongoing problem. Unencrypted data has been identified as the major culprit in 131 breaches that has affected 2.5 million…

Unencrypted Stolen Devices- A Persistent Threat

The health industry is continuously plagued by one major threat which has been the cause for most security breaches in the recent past: The loss or theft of unencrypted devices. Updates to the federal tally of health information breaches clearly indicate that lost or stolen unencrypted computing devices are an ongoing problem with at least…