Medicus Medi-Encryption to Address Mobile & Laptop Device Risks In The Health Care Industry

ALPHARETTA, Ga. - March 19, 2016 - PRLog -- Alpharetta, GA - A new report from California Attorney General Kamala Harris[1] has exposed startling and consistent weaknesses among health care organizations security. The summary: Health care organizations must do a better job at securing sensitive patient from malware and hacking, physical breaches, and errors that result in breaches. Find out the scope of the challenge and how Medi-Encryption from Medicus Solutions can save your health care organization time, money and face.

Scope of the Health Care Security Challenge: By The Numbers.

The records for 24 million residents in a single state were breached according to the report, representing a nearly 6x increase in a single year.

55% of compromised records in the health care sector were the result of a failure to encrypt data.

Hacking remains a major threat to security of sensitive data, including social security numbers and medical records. Malware and hacking breaches are on the rise as electronic medical record systems grow in popularity.

Small businesses remain the most susceptible to not only hacking and malware attacks, but also to breaches due to physical loss.

Source: California Data Breach Report, February 2016

The Real Costs to Data Breaches Health Care Entities & Individuals

The significance and impact of these data breaches on both individuals and medicalpractices cannot be understated. For practices, data breaches not only impose financial, reputational, business opportunity penalties and costs, they also threaten critical infrastructure. For the individual, the impact hits closer to home: research from Javelin Strategy & Research[2] notes that 67% of victims of data breaches are also victims of fraud. The stakes are high for all parties involved and the need for strong security couldn't be higher.

Medi-Encryption - The Solution Your Health Care Organization Needs

Medicus Solutions' Medi-Encryption service allows your health care organization to centrally manage your IT assets and security. By allowing your IT administrator full control over encryption keys, your organization can ensure industry-leading protection for laptops, mobile devices and desktops for all users in your environment. Medi-Encryption also has the added benefit of encrypting data before any data is sent to the cloud, so any data breaches a cloud provider may have would yield nothing of value for a hacker. Your data remains secure by way of a FIPS 140-2 certified 256-bit cryptographic engine.The result: A marked decrease the likelihood of security and confidentiality breeches, and compliance fully with government and industry regulations.

Secure Your Data Today With Medicus Solutions

"Our team at Medicus Solutions is ready to assist your organization and maximize its security potential," Jann said.  "We can quickly evaluate the quality of your current security solutions, test your backups and networks, scan or vulnerabilities, implement new secure systems and services, and much more. If your organization would like a full evaluation from a team with more than 20 years of experience in IT security services, we encourage you to contact us today."

About Medicus Solutions:

Medicus Solutions, LLC (http://msinc.com/) is an Alpharetta, GA based company that specializes in providing IT management solutions to improve the efficiency, security and stability of your company's operations. Medicus offers a range of IT services that work both independently and in unison to ensure your company operates securely, seamlessly and efficiently. Featuring secure email and backup services, virtual hosting services, HIPAA-approved file encryption systems, and much more. For more information about Medicus Solutions, please call our main offices in Alpharetta at 678-495-5900 or visit us at our website.

Medicus Solutions writes about news, technologies, and educational topics that are defining the future of health care IT solutions and security issues at its blog: http://msinc.com/blog/

Source: Medicus Solutions, LLC

[1] https://oag.ca.gov/breachreport2016
[2] https://www.javelinstrategy.com/fraud-and-security