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Posted by: Dionys 11 months ago

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Dionys11 months ago

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"Likewise with electronic security (never foolproof, I know). "

People, though, assume that paper records are more secure. I worked for the intelligence community for a while and did systems testing. More often than not, paper systems were MORE vulnerable than electronic when we're talking about companies. In terms of government records, paper systems are less vulnerable if they're in highly secured locations.

If encryption is used and people are required to implement certain security schemes, it can easily be made fairly secure (more secure than paper records) and fairly easy to implement.

Public key systems cued to an individual's card matched with various other security systems could easily be implemented and made safe.

That said, there's always a danger of information getting into the wrong hands, and it's most likely into the hands of your Insurance people that you'd be wanting information held back.

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