You may or may not realize this, but one of the primary advantages of notebook and netbook computers is their portability. Being able to computer from hotel lobbies, corner coffee shops, and the random McDonald’s certainly has its advantages, but I’ll let you in on a little secret–thieves like the small size, light weight, and portability of laptops too.

Just in the past couple weeks there have been two incidents of laptops from medical centers being lost or stolen. One from the Oconee Physician Practices contained name, date of birth, gender, height and weight, blood pressure and some other medical data connected with the EKG from more than 600 patients. Another laptop from Loma Linda University Medical Center had patient’s name, medical record number, diagnosis, surgery date, and the type of procedure for more than 500 patients.

How many laptops have to be lost or stolen before IT administrators and executive management realize that data has to be proactively encrypted and protected? The investment in the right tools to do the job–like Zecurion Zserver Suite–is significantly less than the cost–financially and to the company’s reputation–from being responsible for compromising the sensitive and confidential data of customers or employees.

Tags: compromise, data breach, encryption, laptop, notebook

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