To view the full article by John E. Dunn, please visit CIO: Attackers Demand Ransom After Encrypting Medical Center’s Server

What happens to patients when their doctors can’t get their records because thieves encrypted them? Federal law has required strong health data security protections since 2002, but 80% of hospitals and practices don’t encrypt patient data. If The Surgeons of Lake County had been following the law and encrypted their records, this attack could not have happened.