Laptop Computer Security

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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Posts “The Mega-Breach” Site

There’s a new list in town, and it’s one of “those” kinds of lists. The kind nobody wants to appear on. It’s similar to being on Santa Claus’ naughty list, only in this case inclusion could mean millions of dollars in fines for a business responsible for breaching personal health information (PHI).
The days of “a [...]

Rip of the Week: Hospital Apologizes for Medical Data Breach

We’ll combine a couple of medical data thefts for this week’s Rip of the Week.
First, the San Francisco Business Times reports that UC San Francisco reported a laptop theft that occurred on our about November 30, breaching 4,400 patients of the UCSF School of Medicine. The data included names, medical record numbers, age and clinical [...]

Rip of the Week: 15,000 Kaiser Patients Breached by Unencrypted External Drive

This week’s Rip is another episode of the “unencrypted external hard drive” show. Thanks to lyger over at DataLossDB for the heads up. The Fresno Bee reports that an external hard drive was stolen, containing names, medical record numbers, and for some patients, ages, dates of birth, gender, phone numbers and other information related to [...]

Tip of the Week: Ensure Comprehensive, Not Selective, Encryption

It’s becoming clearer these days that not only are organizations woefully “behind” on their data security projects, but even those who do take action tend to leave their infrastructure only moderately secure.
An interesting article based on a survey from Information Week highlights some of the issues, not the least of which is that only 14% [...]

Tip of the Week: Encryption + Tracking = Serious Protection

It’s true that today is the big official release of MyLaptopGPS Encryption. This is a big deal.
But I’d be remiss not to issue a tip that puts my money where my mouth is. Or, that is, why not follow my own advice?
Laptop tracking, remote data destruction, covert data recovery, and a 99.6% security success rate [...]

Tip of the Week: Leave it Home

This week’s Tip of the Week will give me a chance to give one nod to the naysayers.
Whenever a major data breach happens, such as the several that have plagued Oklahoma this year, I read the comments of the news coverage articles. These comment boards are filled with angry citizens, virtually yelling their displeasure, asking [...]

Rip of the Week: Australian Defence Department Laptop Stolen After Red-Light District Visit

Here’s an interesting laptop theft. And for once, it’s GOOD NEWS! Well, mostly.
The Age reports that Lieutenant Commander Peter de Maskens of the Australian navy left his five-star hotel in Bangkok, the Banyan Tree Hotel, at about 2 a.m., and headed to the red-light district of Nana Plaza in Sukhumvit Road. He returned [...]

Rip of the Week: Dial 911, Lose Your Identity?

Here’s an interesting one. WBBM Chicago reports that a laptop computer containing personal information of more than 60,000 people was stolen from a company that handles billing for Chicago Fire Department ambulances. The company, DeZonia, is the outsourced billing provider who will also now be paying for a year’s worth of credit monitoring for all [...]