Dear Data-Diligent Reader,

Our August 2010 Data Protection eNewsletter has been published.

1. …Issued Final Guidance on Risk Analysis on July 8, 2010
2. …issued a Notice of Public Rulemaking on July 14, 2010, “ Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rules Under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act” 
3. …withdrew the breach notification final rule it had submitted on May 14, 2010 from OMB review citing it as a “complex issue”

We continue to feature HIPAA Security Rule and HITECH Act data security updates, including the link to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ “Wall of Shame” — its Data Breach Notification web page.

Please enjoy these links to industry articles and white papers that we’ve researched and assembled for you. I’m confident you’ll find a nugget or two among them!

We would love to hear your thoughts. Please comment below!

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Bob Chaput wrote this blog. Bob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. Data Mountain specializes in helping Covered Entities and Business Associates assure they are compliant with the Contingency Plan Standard of the HIPAA Security Law and The HITECH Act.

Dear Data-Diligent Reader,

Chances are that up until recently if you or your company had Macintosh computers they were primarily used only in the creative departments by users who claimed that the Mac was the only machine that met their computing requirements.  In some cases IT would label the Mac as a “non-supported” platform. Now with the ability to run standard Windows® applications and concerns about PC security/robustness, the Macintosh has been making inroads into mainstream business computing environments.  Up until now IT has been challenged to offer Mac users the same level of backup and recovery that existing PC users have enjoyed.

Recently, Iron Mountain Digital our “parent” released its Connected® Backup solution to support Mac users, with benefits including:

• Fast, automatic backups without user interruption or IT intervention
• An end to data loss from viruses, misplaced or stolen laptops, data corruption and user error
• Unparalleled security with data being encrypted at the desktop and kept encrypted both during transmission and in storage
• IT control of secure backup and restoration both inside and beyond company firewalls, across the Mac and PC platforms.

Connected Backup was the only storage service to be listed on CRN’s (Computer Reseller New’) “Hot Storage Products” list at MacWorld 2009.  If you or your users have been challenged when it comes to protecting the data on Macintoshes, then contact us to learn how we can protect their data with Connected.

• View a brief 8-minute video/demo of Connected®
• Review our Connected® DataSheet
• Subscribe to our Connected® service now!

We would love to hear your thoughts.  Please comment below!

Tags: Connected®, Connected® backup solution, data protection, data protection services firm, data security, disaster recovery, HIPAA Security Rule, online data backup and recovery, online data recovery, The HITECH Act
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Bob Chaput wrote this blog. Bob is president of Data Mountain LLC, a data security, disaster recovery and data protection services firm. Data Mountain specializes in helping Covered Entities and Business Associates assure they are compliant with the Contingency Plan Standard of the HIPAA Security Law and The HITECH Act.