Christus Health Care Backup Tapes Stolen
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.
Why Offsite Backups Are Essential For Business
Recently I’ve been working with a client on some project planning. During my time at their office I’d learned how their business was nearly wiped out because of a fire which really inspired me to publish the story as an example of why offsite data backups are essential.
Protect Laptops & Mobile Devices Using Internet Tracking Software
If you follow all of the 16 protection steps for laptop protection you can still be at risk of misplacing your laptop or it being stolen. When it comes to a business and its data risks cannot be taken, especially when the data is sensitive and tools are widely available to avoid those risks. By tracking our mobile devices, such as a laptop, we are given more control of our data residing on the hard drive of that device for extra laptop security.
Never Connect To Unknown Wireless Networks
Finding an unsecure and unknown wireless network is easy; we are usually surrounded by them. In any downtown business district you’ll find countless of unsecure wireless networks including ones belonging to banks who stupidly lack any type of wireless security.
Secure And Disable Wireless Networking On A Laptop
Most, if not all, laptops on the market today come with wireless capabilities which are one of the reasons why most of us tend to purchase a laptop over a desktop computer. The majority of laptop users tend to leave their wireless connection enabled and insecure when the internet is not being used and this can even be the case if the users don’t even use wireless internet access. Securing your wireless network is an essential step for laptop security.