US health company Aetna has selected start - up AlertSec to provide it with encryption software that protects customer data to protect it in the event of a data breach . The platform , called AlertSec Ensure , will be used by Aetna 's 300,000 broker partners . Health protection legislation in the US requires that data is encrypted on a computer . However , Aetna research estimates that almost 40 percent of brokers currently use devices without embedded encryption .
US health company Aetna has selected start-up AlertSec to provide it with security software that encrypts customer data to protect it in the event of a data breach. The platform, called AlertSec Ensure, will be used by Aetna's 300,000 broker partners. Health insurance legislation in the US requires that data is encrypted on a device. However, Aetna research found that almost 40% of brokers currently use devices without embedded encryption.