There are easy ways to stay off of
the Healthcare “Wall of Shame.” One of the most effective ways is to encrypt
the hard drives on your mobile devices, PCs and servers. We have recently
developed a solution to encrypt hard drives that is easy to manage and provides
the reporting that is needed to prove the data is encrypted. Don’t have a
costly and embarrassing breach that can risk your job, your company and the
privacy of your patients.
It sure is easy to get on the list.
Just lose an unencrypted PC with some patient records to a theft like Crescent
Healthcare. It is also easy to stay off of the list. Whatever you do, encrypt your
data today. With a little bit of planning and work it is not so hard to do.
Click here to read the full story:
http://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/breach-tally-encryption-still-issue-a-5626
Smoke testing is a term used to describe the testing process for servers after patches are applied. 
Estimating an average time for patching servers and PCs can be a bit tricky. It can vary from one month to the next, depending upon the number and complexity of the patches released by your software vendors. You must consider all versions of operating systems and have a complete inventory of all your application software to do this job correctly. Our experience has shown that manual patching of systems takes on average of about 1.5 hours each.
This is a basic cost calculator for you to compute your typical monthly cost for patching your servers, PCs, laptops, tablets and associated application software. It also forms the basis for you to begin calculating your Return on Investment for software patching, or for comparison with alternatives to the manual process of patching operating systems and application software—such as Patch Management as a Service, also known as Vulnerability Management as a Service.