NEWTON, N.C., Oct. 13, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Whether intentional or not, more than 200 data breaches involving individual records for at least 500 patients each—a total of approximately 100,000 records—took place last year in the U.S., with potentially disastrous consequences for the firms involved. Studies also suggest that one in three patients will fall victim to data loss this year. That kind of careless data security, especially in light of stricter HIPAA compliance requirements for small to midsize healthcare businesses, could leave many businesses facing lawsuits, million-dollar fines or even jail time. The answer is internal data loss prevention (DLP) from companies such as Safetica Technologies , a leading provider of DLP software.
To help healthcare professionals work naturally and productively while protecting personal and financial information, Safetica is now offering a free security audit and Quick Guide for small to midsized businesses like pharmaceutical companies, urgent care centers, doctor and dental offices, and independent labs. DLP software employs encryption to safeguard records before they can be shared inappropriately or accidentally, rendering files useless to outsiders should they escape.
“The average cost to handle a data breach is $407 per compromised health care record, which could be catastrophic to a small business,” said Luke Walling, general manager of Safetica North America. “At Safetica, we're making sure all companies have the technology and expert support available to the giants of the industry so they can protect their business before a mistake or data breach happens.”
Starting today, any healthcare-related company can sign up for a free, customized data security audit to identify and assess potential data leaks and unsafe security practices within their organization. In addition, an online Quick Guide to Data Security for Healthcare Professionals is available at no cost, as well as an informative infographic .
Safetica offers four unique benefits to healthcare companies, including:
- Safetica spots risky behaviors among employees before they decide to leave a company or do harmful things, such as stealing sensitive data or selling medical records to criminals for profit. Safetica also prevents “good” employees from making inadvertent mistakes that can accidentally lead to data breaches. The software brings together web and application usage statistics to pinpoint high risk behaviors, saving your medical office from the potentially disastrous consequences of data theft or data leaks before they occur.
- Safetica is designed to be highly intuitive for companies that do not have a large IT staff or highly developed data protection and security expertise. This makes it easier for businesses to comply with regulations such as HIPAA, SOX, and PCI security standards.
- Safetica protects files based on how they are used. This contextual approach to DLP makes it easy to configure, install, and manage data in ways that don’t reduce productivity but immediately protect sensitive data.
- Free support to get up and running: Safetica helps customers get started by providing free risk assessments and data audits to help identify how people are using data and where businesses are most vulnerable. They also provide personalized, ongoing technical and consultative support.
About Safetica
Since 2009, Safetica has been building data loss prevention (DLP) software to protect data in not just the enterprise, but also the world’s small and medium sized businesses. Safetica’s software is unique because it is easy to use, protects data against theft and mistakes while letting users work naturally, helps all businesses large and small comply with regulations, and is supported at no cost with the service levels businesses demand and deserve. Learn more at www.safeticausa.com .
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