Re: getting started with encryption

From	bill <william@TechServSys.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: getting started with encryption
Date	2014-10-11 10:42 -0400
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On 10/11/2014 10:36 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> If you are in the United States and dealing with patient medical data of
> any kind, you need to understand and follow HIPAA.  Having someone HIPAA
> certified is the best.  Failure and result in six or seven figure fines.
>
> For instance, all patient data MUST be secured.  This doesn't mean just
> encrypting it in the database; it means the data must also be secured
> from any break-in, including physical theft of the system itself.  You
> can't, for instance, have the decryption password readable, even if it
> is in a script.  You also have to restrict who physically has access to
> the information server.
>
> The Feds are cracking down on HIPAA compliance; it's good you are
> encrypting the data.  Just make sure you do it right.
>
> J.O.'s suggestion of doing it at the database level is a good on.
We have addressed physical security and have good access 
controls, now we are moving on to worst case stuff - if the 
server is stolen.
Decryption password will have to be entered at each user login 
and disappears when the session ends or when the user is auto 
loged out after 3 hours of inactivity.

Thanks for the comments.

-bill

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getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-10 14:46 -0400
  Re: getting started with encryption Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-10-10 16:36 -0400
  Re: getting started with encryption John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> - 2014-10-10 18:53 -0400
  Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-11 09:07 +0200
    Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-11 07:59 -0400
  Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-11 10:36 -0400
    Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-11 10:42 -0400
      Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-11 11:45 -0400
      Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-11 18:38 +0200
        Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-11 15:16 -0400
          Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-12 10:53 +0200
            Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-12 08:17 -0400
              Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-12 08:47 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-12 11:04 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-12 11:13 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption "J. Clarke" <jclarkeusenet@cox.net> - 2014-10-12 15:12 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-12 21:45 -0400
              Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-12 15:53 +0200
                Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-12 10:07 -0400
                How - off topic bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-12 11:05 -0400
                Re: How - off topic "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-12 17:27 +0200
                Re: How - off topic Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-10-12 17:23 +0000
                Re: How - off topic Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-10-12 18:49 +0100
                Re: How - off topic bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-13 09:24 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-12 11:01 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-12 11:19 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-13 08:38 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-13 09:18 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption - now off topic with gratuitous insults bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-13 10:36 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption - now off topic with gratuitous insults Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-13 12:14 -0400
        Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-12 08:15 -0400
          Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-12 15:52 +0200
            Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-12 11:17 -0400
              Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-12 17:45 +0200
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-13 08:58 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-13 09:23 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-13 10:44 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-10-13 12:20 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-15 21:52 +0200
                Re: getting started with encryption gordonb.1o7q6@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2014-10-16 12:13 -0500
                Re: getting started with encryption Matthew Carter <m@ahungry.com> - 2014-10-16 15:25 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-18 08:13 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-18 07:52 -0400
                Re: getting started with encryption "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2014-10-18 14:46 +0200
                Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-19 07:47 -0400
  Re: getting started with encryption Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-10-12 17:30 +0000
    Re: getting started with encryption bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-10-13 08:59 -0400

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