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We are HIPAA Compliant:
HIPAA legislates the security
of electronically protected health information
to be implemented by health plans, health care
clearinghouses, and certain health care providers.
It describes the
adoption of national standards for safeguards
to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and
availability of electronically protected health
information. The security rule of HIPAA requires
that covered entities have appropriate Administrative
Procedures, Physical Safeguards, and Technical
Safeguards to protect access to protected health
information. Compliance with the security rule
will be required by April 21, 2005. Service from
an offsite backup service provider such as ADSbackup.com
is an excellent way to fulfill HIPAA legislation
and become compliant.
Encryption
Our system supports AES, 3DES and Two Fish encryption
algorithms to protect customer data.
“ As of 2005, no successful attacks against
AES have been recognized. The National Security
Agency (NSA) reviewed all the AES finalists, including
Rijndael, and stated that all of them were secure
enough for US Government non-classified data.
In June 2003, the US Government announced that
AES may be used for classified information:
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lengths of the AES algorithm (i.e., 128, 192
and 256) are sufficient to protect classified
information up to the SECRET level. TOP SECRET
information will require use of either the
192 or 256 key lengths. The implementation
of AES in products intended to protect national
security systems and/or information must be
reviewed and certified by NSA prior to their
acquisition and use." — [1] |
This marks the first time that the public has
had access to a cipher approved by NSA for TOP
SECRET information. It is interesting to note
that many public products use 128-bit secret keys
by default; it is possible that NSA suspects a
fundamental weakness in keys this short, or they
may simply prefer a safety margin for top secret
documents (which may require security decades
into the future). “
- From wikipedia.org [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aes]
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