We are a health care insurance company covered by HIPAA. One of our policies is that any and all mobile computing devices that have the potential to covered information on it have full device encryption.
We have 'some people' pushing to allow the iPhone in the organization. Those 'some people' had enough pull to get a proof of concept going. At the end, it had many short comings for a company covered by HIPAA. Lack of device encryption was the most glaring and why our security department said no. When 'some people' insisted, our security department hacked (on the network) the test phone used during the proof of concept. I am not sure what the end use decision will be but so far, it remains on the not approved list. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Kevin Lundy <klu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Seeing as you are a health care org, don't forget to address any HIPAA > requirements (which applies whether it's an iPhone, Blackberry, or Windows > Mobile device) > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Paul Everett <evere...@leementalhealth.org> > wrote: >> >> We have Exchange 2003 and our CEO is getting an iPhone. Do I need an SSL >> Certificate to use Active Sync? I understand that there are some >> connectivity issues using an iPhone with Exchange, but are there any issues >> that can't be overcome, or that I should be aware of that could be a major >> pain? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paul Everett >> IS Dept. >> Lee Mental Health Center >> 239-791-1551 >> >> "Lee Mental Health Center, Inc. providing services through Ruth Cooper >> Center for Behavioral Health Care and VISTA Behavioral Crisis Services. >> Visit our website at www.leementalhealth.org to learn more." >> >> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, >> is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain >> confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, >> disclosure, or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies >> of the original message, including attachments. >> >> >> >> > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
