Great post by Evan Francen @ FRSecure
Information security is serious business… It seems that it takes events like the one described here by Evan Francen at FRSecure, to get peoples attention… but wait… “This could never happened to us”…. really?
Victims:
“patients who received medical services at South Shore Hospital – as well as employees, physicians, volunteers, donors, vendors and other business partners associated with South Shore Hospital – between January 1, 1996 and January 6, 2010″
Number Affected:
“approximately 800,000″
Types of Data:
“individuals’ full names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, medical record numbers, patient numbers, health plan information, dates of service, protected health information including diagnoses and treatments relating to certain hospital and home health care visits, and other personal information. Bank account information and credit card numbers for a very small subset of individuals also may have been on the back-up computer files”
Breach Description:
“Back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information of thousands affiliated with South Shore Hospital may have been lost by a professional data management company.”
About FRSecure:
FRSecure LLC is a full-service information security consulting company. We are dedicated to providing value to our clients through well designed, implemented, and managed information security solutions. Our mission statement:
We take the time to understand our client’s business and align information security initiatives with their goals and objectives. In so doing, our clients benefit from solutions that help to drive business and add to the bottom line. Information security does have to be a cost center.
FRSecure works with businesses of all sizes, in all industries. We understand that our clients are in business to make money, so we design secure solutions that drive business, protect sensitive information assets, and improve their bottom line.
