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• Hard Disk Encryption: Vancouver Coastal Health Data Breach

  Approximately 450 people were affected by the data breach. The laptop and USB drive, owned by a medical student with ties to Vancouver General Hospital, was lost while the devices were being used outside hospital facilities. More specifically, it was lost at Toronto airport. The devices were not secured using full disk encryption (FDE), but it's noted that password protection was used. Password protection is, of course, a poor substitute to FDE. Posted Nov 01 2011, 10:08 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, laptop encryption, hard drive encryption, computer data security, information security, usb drive encryption, laptop safe, drive encryption, identity theft, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, laptop encryption solution, endpoint security breach, encryption software on notebook, laptop security software, hdd encryption software, PIPEDA, usb device security, usb device protection, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, encryption standard, media encryption and protection, best encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, hospital encryption

• Cost Of A Data Breach: Honda Canada Sued For US$206 Million

  Despite the fact that most consumer lawsuits revolving around data breaches do not pan out (assuming they even get their day in court: most are summarily dismissed, which is to say that the court won't even listen to arguments), that doesn't stop... Posted Jun 20 2011, 03:35 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: security, secure digital assets, prevent data leakage, cost of software security breaches, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, PIPEDA, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption

• Portable Hard Drive Encryption: Protecting Medical Data On External Drives

  Bad news coming from our friends in Canada: according to edmontonjournal.com , a portable hard drive was stolen from Dr. R. Burnham and Associates Medical Clinic, triggering a breach of 1,000 patients. The external hard disk drive was "protected"... Posted May 23 2011, 05:22 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, device encryption, mobile data security, security, hard drive encryption, cryptography software, mobile data encryption, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, usb drive encryption, prevent data leakage, password protection, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, endpoint security breach, desktop encryption software, computer encryption software, mobile hdd encryption, hdd encryption software, persistent encryption, PIPEDA, usb device security, usb device protection, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, portable drive encryption, external drive encryption software, cifrado total de disco duro, personal information encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption

• Canada Data Breach Law: Fines Coming To PIPEDA?

  Canada Industry Minister Tony Clement says he's open to the idea of fines for data breaches involving customer information. It appears to be a response to last week's call for "attention-getting fines" by Canada's Privacy Commissioner... Posted May 09 2011, 06:37 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: alertboot, data encryption, laptop encryption, data security, law, security, data theft prevention, computer data security, information security, laptop security, prevent data leakage, laptop safe, identity theft, laptop encryption solution, Data Redaction, encryption software on notebook, computer encryption software, encryption law, PIPEDA, encryption service provider, breach notification, encryption standard, best encryption

• Hard Drive Encryption: Covenant Health Has Medical Breach

  Covenant Health in Edmonton, Canada has announced a data breach. A hard disk drive that was apparently used as a backup is missing. It was not mentioned whether data encryption was used, although I get a strong suspicion that it wasn't. 233 Affected... Posted Mar 15 2011, 12:57 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, device encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, information security, whole disk encryption, secure digital assets, prevent data leakage, drive encryption, encryption software, identity theft, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, hdd encryption software, encryption law, PIPEDA, usb device security, usb device protection, disc encryption, statistics

• Hard Drive Encryption: Bruyere Family Medicine Centre In Canada Data Breach

  The Bruyere Family Medicine Centre in Ottawa has revealed the theft of two computers. The machines were "secured" with password protection. It doesn't look like this "password protection" was attached to something more secure like... Posted Jan 25 2011, 09:20 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, content encryption, theft, device encryption, data security, law, security, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, computer data security, information security, whole disk encryption, secure digital assets, endpoint security, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, drive encryption, encryption software, identity theft, password protection, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, endpoint security breach, computer encryption software, hdd encryption software, persistent encryption, encryption law, PIPEDA, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, encryption standard, cifrado total de disco duro, personal information encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, government encryption