http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/another-day-another-unencrypted-backup-tape-lost/ A SearchStorage.com blog. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/storage-soup/another-day-another-unencrypted-backup-tape-lost/#comment-6813 Nevada’s Encryption Law: How Much Does it Help? | North Carolina Journal of Law and Technology Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:20:13 +0000 http://storage.blogs.techtarget.com/2007/10/24/another-day-another-unencrypted-backup-tape-lost/#comment-6813 [...] Second, the statute does not define a “secure system of the business.” Because this law focuses on “electronic transmission” rather than the storage of information one may imagine that the secure system of a business just refers to the business internal network (intranet). Telecommuters or employees that travel typically do not have access to dedicated lines. Do VPNs qualify under this statute? Perhaps a more glaring omission in the current statute is the lack of coverage for customer data stored on hard disks and other media. Cases involving the loss of thousands of records are abundant. Faulty backup management practices seem to be at the root of these problems. The Nevada statute should require the common sense practice of encrypting backups. [...] [...] Second, the statute does not define a “secure system of the business.” Because this law focuses on “electronic transmission” rather than the storage of information one may imagine that the secure system of a business just refers to the business internal network (intranet). Telecommuters or employees that travel typically do not have access to dedicated lines. Do VPNs qualify under this statute? Perhaps a more glaring omission in the current statute is the lack of coverage for customer data stored on hard disks and other media. Cases involving the loss of thousands of records are abundant. Faulty backup management practices seem to be at the root of these problems. The Nevada statute should require the common sense practice of encrypting backups. [...]

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