What is military grade encryption in your EMR

Encryption is a process when a piece of data (f.e., a password) is translated into a ciphertext – a sequence of random numbers, letters, and symbols.

• Today, most cybersecurity service providers utilize military-grade encryption. In other words, they use a block cipher that supports block sizes of 128-bits and greater to protect data.

• Military-grade encryption refers to AES-256.

• Today, AES-256 is widely used in:-

• password managers (such as PassCamp);

• cloud service providers (such as Google Cloud, iCloud);

• VPN service providers;

• financial service providers;

• messaging programs (such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp);

• others.

• Being a doctor our primary role is to safeguard the sensitivity of the information shared by the patient.

• Safeguarding the privacy is important to all the EMR providing companies and protecting patient information using the safest encryption standards and privacy-safe practices.