Cloud encryption alone is not enough; it must be paired with tougher regulation.
There is a new wrinkle when it comes to healthcare and patient data in the cloud: a HyTrust study found 25 percent of healthcare organizations are not encrypting patient data, meaning unauthorized people have access to health records and all data stored with it. This includes names, birthdates, and social security numbers.
“To have a strong IT security chain you need to look at where data resides,” Ebba Blitz, CEO of Alertsec writes in an email.
