Stonewood, once again reminding organisations of the need to encrypt their sensitive data following 21,000 patients details being stolen

2 July 08 – The NHS today admitted a laptop containing unencrypted patient details has been stolen. Experts at leading British designer and manufacturer of encrypted hard drives, Stonewood note that to ensure that no kind of confidential information is ever made vulnerable to loss or theft, sensitive data should always be encrypted, policies implemented and more importantly adhered to.

“Companies and individuals seldom recognise the value of their data until such time as it has been breached or lost. Sensitive customer data should never be stored on non-secure, unencrypted portable devices,” said Grant Gutteridge, Sales Director at Stonewood. “The technology exists to securely store confidential personal details and organisations should invest in systems that make sure they do not put their customers at risk.”

Public awareness of data loss remains high in the wake of last year’s HMRC breach, with every week bringing more news of sensitive data losses. There has to be a high quality, easy to use security procedure, strict guidelines that instruct users how to secure their data, strong authentication and strong encryption – this final line of defence ensures that even if the media is lost, the data is still protected.

About Stonewood: www.Eclypt.com

Stonewood is an innovative solutions-driven company that designs and manufactures the industry leading FlagStone range of hardware encrypted hard drives.

Trusted globally by Governments, Law enforcement agencies as well as the world’s foremost financial, banking and medical corporations, the FlagStone range is widely-recognised for its fit and forget, tamper proof and fully secure solution for data encryption.

They are Operating System independent and require no specialist IT knowledge in order to operate them; they are completely transparent to the end user and have no adverse effect on computer performance.

FlagStone has now evolved into Eclypt, with an array of new and improved features making it even more user-friendly and flexible to suit each and every individual organisation, without compromising the level of data protection.

MS Windows User Account Management software, support of up to 128 User Accounts and configurable password length and login attempts are just some of the features that Eclypt has to offer.

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