Posted on September 26th, 2008 at 12:23 pm by J.OBrien
Beginning October 1, 2008, the state of Nevada will begin enforcing legislation which requires all businesses that send cosumer identification data over the web to use encryption. Requiring all businesses to use encryption is aimed at securing electronic transmissions and ultimately aiding in the protection of consumer privacy.
However, the legislation, passed in 2005, provides a vague definition of ‘encryption’ and does not specify the penalties for violating the law. Some concern exists that the law leaves wiggle room to consider a password protected email to be ‘encrypted’, which may not accomplish the level of privacy for consumers that the law was intended to accomplish. Nevada legislators may have to better clarify the law, or wait for a possible lawsuit filing to establish new precendence surrounding the statute.
With cases of online fraud on the rise in the form of dictionary attacks, phishing, and suppression file theft, encryption to further protect consumer data is a step in the right direction. Hopefully, Nevada legislators will be able to hammer out the details of the law and enforce encryption in a cost-effective way that both protects consumers and limits liability for marketers.
For more on Nevada’s email encryption law, read the article by Susan J. Campbell.
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After spending a week calling virtually every state and local agency possible, there is unfortunately no clearinghouse or registry for vendors provided by the state of Nevada for businesses looking for solutions to comply with the law.
But have no fear! We have developed software for Windows XP that makes it easy for businesses to comply with this new law. It’s called CipherWizard.
CipherWizard provides a user-friendly way to encrypt confidential files and secure email messages for the average business computer user. You can easily email encrypted documents and messages from your business. Your clients would install a free CipherWizard Reader to decrypt your secure communications.
CipherWizard also comes with CipherVault, which creates a virtual encrypted hard drive. When unlocked, the vault behaves like a hard drive; allowing you to store, organize, and use files and folders. When locked, the vault is securely encrypted.
This isn’t locking files with just a password; this is true strong-encryption made easy and affordable for business use.
Storing private files in your CipherVault and emailing them once encrypted with CipherWizard is the easiest for a small business to secure client data and the future of their business.
To learn more, go to http://www.cipherwizard.com
Comment by CipherWizard — September 30, 2008 @ 9:56 am