Yubico and TrueCrypt Protect Sensitive Data in US Healthcare Project
Summary
Sunnyvale, CA, February 04, 2010 --( “Because of the sensitive nature of the data, the hard drives are fully encrypted with TrueCrypt.Our coaches must use their YubiKey with a static password and an additional string to unlock the computers to allow the OS to boot,” says Matthew G. Hile, Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Missouri Institute of Mental Health.The organization has developed a computer application to guide health coaches in emergency departments and family medicine clinics in Springfield, Columbia, and St. Louis, Missouri.This is all done on tablet computers synchronized to a central database.“Because of the sensitive nature of the data, the hard drives are fully encrypted with TrueCrypt.Our coaches must use their YubiKey with a static password and an additional string to unlock the computers to allow the OS to boot,” says Matthew G. Hile, Research Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Missouri Institute of Mental Health.
