Christus Health Care Backup Tapes Stolen
Filed Under Data Breach · Comment
Unfortunately Christus Health Care in Huston has been thrown into the negative news spotlight after having their backup tapes stolen.
Posted in the Data Loss DB the stolen backup tapes contained personal records of hundreds, possibly thousands of patients for Christus Health Care. The tapes had been stolen from a car in a parking lot and Christus Health Care believes the theft was random and not targeted.
Stolen Unencrypted Data Backup Tape Leaves Employees At Risk
Filed Under Data Breach · Comment
Backup tapes are far from being a secure backup solution as Pharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has learned recently. Yes there are a few precautions companies can take if they decide to use tapes as part of their backup solution but even BMS has failed performing the most important and basic thing, data encryption.