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You may want to start thinking about Encrypting

dan.bmpAre your usual accessories these days a flash drive, laptop, BlackBerry, etc.? Do these devices have your personal information on them i.e. social security number, financial data, etc? Most importantly, do you carry around your clients’ information on them? Then you need to read Dan Giancaterino’s article published in The Legal Intelligencer on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, entitled Decrypting Ways to Encrypt Sensitive Information. Dan talks about the encryption process and then reviews a couple of easy to use, free encryption programs. As Dan states in the article …

“Lose a laptop and you’re out $500 to $600. Lose your client’s sensitive information — well, that’s a different story.”

If you find the encryption process a little daunting, attend Dan’s new ethics CLE class, Practical Encryption for Attorneys.

Submitted by: Ida Weingram, Head of Outreach Services
on May 08, 2008 - 3:22 pm

Comments

  1. 2doornot
    May 11th, 2008 | 3:07 pm

    Good to start some on the computer/crypto learning process.

    Crypto has sort of died out for a few reasons. Learn more about crypto to see why, all is not well.

    Only a typical kid sister is protected from crypto like this…

  2. May 21st, 2008 | 9:50 am

    [...] My feeling is if you already have to import copies of paper records from your doctor, it would be better to scan them to PDF and store them on an encrypted USB drive. [...]

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