Encryption Requiremnts for HIPAA Complaince 2012 Roadmap to PHI Security. Drive level encryption, file level encryption, PGP, GPG, Truecrypt, Bitlocker and more. Does your organization need a HIPAA compliance map for 2012? Many small companies and even some large organizations are still behind in conforming their computer systems to include the required level of data security to comply with federal and state laws.
It’s no secret that computer scientists have discovered ways to bypass many of the popular forms of encryption used to secure the local hard disk in your desktop or laptop computer. Of course, fully realizing this is a little concerning, especially when you are in the IT field, and needing to protect and secure PHI. Understanding the way disk encryption works will help you to understand some of the vulnerabilities.