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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.

For more information, including a free white paper titled Group Encryption: The key to protecting
data in motion, please visit blackbox.com/go/EncrypTight

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.

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