Business Services Industry
Loss of sensitive information prompts new data transfer agreement.(Spotlight: Information Security)(Brief article)
Business Insurance, May, 2007 by Lenckus, Dave
Byline: Dave Lenckus After recovering an unprotected compact disc containing sensitive data on 75,000 mental health patients, WellPoint Inc. negotiated a new data transfer agreement with the mental health claims administrator involved in shipping the CD. The CD, containing data on patients of WellPoint subsidiary Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, was ground-shipped from Chicago to Philadelphia even though-in violation of WellPoint's data management protocols-the data was not encrypted and the CD was not password-protected.
Under the new agreement, the claims provider Magellan Health Services Inc. in Philadelphia and data management vendor Health Data Management Solutions in Chicago will only electronically transfer data, said Shamla Naidoo, chief information...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- Getting the global view: Nestle, led by Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, climbs to the #1 spot in this year's Best Companies for Leaders
