"The Data Breach and Encryption Handbook examines the recent proliferation of data breaches and the associated legal and technological complexities. The book includes a strong focus on encryption in the healthcare marketplace, which is at a crossroads. Medical professionals and others charged with protecting sensitive data are quickly realizing the need for encryption, given the alarming rate of data breaches and their profound financial and legal consequences. Not only do 46 states currently have data breach notification laws in place, Congress has also regulated the space by enacting HITECH and HIPAA. This hodge-podge of laws only confuses the issue: they successfully establish the need for encryption, but fail to specify what type of encryption or other security measures are adequate. Medical organizations may believe their security solution complies with law and regulations, only to find out after a security breach that this is not the case. The book seeks to help professionals in all fields – and particularly in the medical realm – disentangle the web of legalities and possible security solutions proactively, to prevent this outcome."
Northern Trust
Saint Barnabas
New Jersey
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