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Article: Thales: Second Annual Study Shows Credit Card and Healthcare Data Protection Driving Encryption Projects, but Unnecessary Risks Still Abound.
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- Information Technology Business
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- November 3, 2009
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Thales, leader in information systems and communications security and data protection, announces that the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) and the US Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) are driving encryption projects across industries according to the findings of the new 2009 Encryption and Key Management Benchmark Survey conducted by research firm Trust Catalyst on behalf of Thales.
Findings show that in Europe 52 percent of the organizations surveyed are planning encryption projects to comply with PCI DSS. In the US, 53 percent of the organizations surveyed are planning encryption project to comply with HIPAA. In ...