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Nearly every regulation specifying data protection, including HIPAA, HITECH, and all state privacy laws, say that encryption is a safe harbor. Safe harbor clauses specify circumstances in which companies are exempt from notification requirements or other penalties if there’s a breach. It is especially critical given that large-scale breaches (where 500 or more records are compromised) require additional and very public notifications. In light of these risks, it makes sense to take advantage of safe harbors. The SMI solution enables you to replace expensive, private, site-to-site network connections with low-cost, any-to-any network connections over the Internet. It will help you save money, reduce management costs, increase bandwidth, and get better security. The SMI solution can give you a positive ROI in as little as three months when bandwidth rates remain the same before and after implementation. If you increase your bandwidth, as most companies do, you will likely see a positive ROI within the first year. Of course, ROI can vary and is dependent on the number of sites you have and the rates you pay for public and private connections. % ' "! & % $( % & % !( % " '(!! & "% !+ !+ "!! ' ) '+ (% & !' %! ' ! & !+ !+ "!! ' ) '+ * ' !" '(!! & About The Author Keith Ross is the Director of Product Management for networking products at Black Box (www.blackbox.com), a leading supplier of IT infrastructure and networking solutions. For more information, including a free white paper titled Group Encryption: The key to protecting data in motion, please visit http://blackbox.com/go/EncrypTight + % %! ! & , ! . !( %+ ' "! "#+% ' - + % !& , ! % '& % & %) *"% *