Data Security

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• Drive Encryption Software Protects Navy, Teaches Lessons

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  The Navys CIO has uploaded a case that could have been one of the worst breaches theyve ever had.  Thankfully enough, it turned out not to be so dire in the end, with eight individuals possibly being affected.  But, even if the numbers had been higher, data encryption software similar to AlertBoot had been used to ...
  10 hours ago

• MIT Says Handing Over Your Identity Data Protects You

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Identity is a simple concept that has become a complex problem. It has become complex due to fraud. Fraud, motivated by money and the ease of obtaining credit and taking over an account. Because identity has yet to be effectively established, anyone can be you. Currently, ...
  20 hours ago

• Cavalry Storage CADA-SA2 Series 2 TB USB / eSATA 2-bay RAID Personal Disk Array CADA002SA2-B – Includes eSATA Kit

  
  Kill Deal — Authority: 162
  USB 2.0 (USB 1.1 backwards compatible) and eSATA interface Plug and play for Windows 2000 and newer (pre-formatted to NTFS), preconfigured to RAID 1 (mirrored, total usable capacity is halved in RAID 1) Configurable to RAID 0, 0+1 and 1 Unit Includes – One (1) year manufacturer’s warranty, two (2) 1 TB 3.5-inch ...
  21 hours ago

• Data Security

  
  Get a Freelance Job — Authority: 182
  I am looking for a coder who is an expert in data security. I am close to releasing a test site which uses auto-complete to allow for user profile posting. I have a lot of data powering that that I don’t want users to be able to mine. Note if someone gets hold of a few records here or there by copying I am fine, ...
  23 hours ago

• Do You Have a Computer Disaster Recovery Plan?

  
  Blog To Million — Authority: 131
  The advances in technology over the recent years are quite incredible and have helped us to streamline our personal and business lives and to become much more productive. Like it or not, we are completely reliant on technology these days and should therefore pause to think for a moment what should happen if things ...
  1 day ago

• How to Secure Important Data on your Computer – Prevent Unauthorized Access

  
  PCs Place — Authority: 498
  Are you worrying about the security of important information in your computer. Here are some easy ways to protect access to sensitive and valuable data on your PC . Follow one or more of these tips to Protect your precious files and folders easily. This will help you safeguard your computer and will prevent ...
  1 day ago

• Laptop Encryption Software: Whole Of Belize Has Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  A laptop computer issued to an employee working for the government of Belize was stolen during a car break-in.  It is not know whether laptop encryption was used to protect the contents of the laptop. Entire Population of Belize Affected The laptop computer in question was issued to an employee in the Vital ...
  1 day ago

• British Security Defense Manual Leaked…

  
  Payment Card Security & IT Controls Explained — Authority: 100
  The British government had their Defence Manual of Security (2001) leaked to the internet on October 4, 2009.  The press and wikileaks provide a great breakdown of the information within it, and it is fairly accessible to those interested.  What strikes me as interesting is not that it is in the public space now, ...
  1 day ago

• Handwritten Signature is Stupid Authorization

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano Identity Theft Expert Ever forge your husband’s signature? Wife’s? Parent’s? Client’s? Do you think the clerk behind the counter at Walmart is skilled in handwriting analysis? I’ve always viewed a signature as a totally ridiculous form of authentication and a total waste of my time. ...
  1 day ago

• Hackers steal credit-card numbers from restaurant customers

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 410
  Amazon.com WidgetsHere we have another unnecessary credit card data breach in a small organization which resulted in a loss of customers data demonstrating poor baseline security of small... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 days ago

• Keeping Problems Small

  
  SanDisk Enterprise Blog — Authority: 117
  We’ve all lost things at some time in our lives – car keys, wallet, mobile phone – and have experienced the frustrations this can cause.  Some might have lost things like laptops, and had to suffer the problems of paying for a replacement, and the loss of useful information that was on the device.  These ...
  3 days ago

• The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt IV of IV

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expert Cybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the ...
  5 days ago

• A plain English Guide to Data Protection

  
  Microsoft UK Schools News Blog — Authority: 415
  I keep an eye on the Information Commissioner’s Office press releases on their website ( in the hope that we’re not going to see schools appearing too often ), where I suspect they have a busy Press Officer producing a constant stream of news (last 2 weeks : Recruitment firms fined; mobile phone customers record ...
  5 days ago

• Ahsay Backup Software Won Biz.IT Excellence Award

  
  Press About — Authority: 162
  (November 18, 2009) Ahsay, the leading provider of powerful, innovative data protection software, announces today that it is the winner of the “Biz.IT Excellence 2009 Award” organized PC Market magazine. PC Market designed this Biz.IT Excellence Award to recognize, promote and encourage I.T. applications with ...
  5 days ago

• What Happens When a PI Dumpster Dives Behind a San Diego ACORN Office?

  
  Big Government — Authority: 815
  He strikes the flippin’ mother lode! At least that’s what happened to private investigator Derrick Roach at the National City (San Diego) ACORN office.  Yep, Roach scored big-time on the cockroaches of ACORN when he staked out their San Diego workplace. According to señor Roach via BigGovernment.com , ...
  5 days ago

• The Twelve Scams of Christmas,” or Popular Online Attacks This Holiday Season Pt III of IV

  
  Identity Theft Expert Speaker Protection Prevention Resource Blog — Authority: 418
  Robert Siciliano identity theft expert Cybercriminals Take Advantage of the Holiday Season, Aiming to Steal Consumers’ Money, Identities and Financial Information As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee, Inc. revealed the “Twelve Scams of Christmas” – the ...
  6 days ago

• SAS 70 Audits and PCI DSS Assessments | Expert Advice from an Auditor

  
  Regulatory Compliance, Governance and Security — Authority: 116
  SAS 70 audits and PCI DSS assessments are truly starting to dominate the regulatory compliance landscape. For a large number of our firm’s clients, we actively assess them for yearly SAS 70 and PCI DSS compliance. The chatter of late is surrounding what efficiencies of scale, if any, can be had by conducting both ...
  6 days ago

• The Encryption Factor

  
  SanDisk Enterprise Blog — Authority: 117
  Here are some sobering statistics from a recent US survey of IT professionals.  The leading magazine InformationWeek recently announced the findings of its State of Encryption Survey , which polled the opinions of 499 IT staff.  Only 14% of respondents said encryption is used across their organisations, and just ...
  1 week ago

• Laptop Encryption Software Not Installed On Stolen Eisai Laptop

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  What is up with medical organizations these days?  Eisai Inc. has alerted the Attorney General of New Hampshire that a stolen laptop contained the information of the companys employees.  The laptop itself is password-protected, but data encryption software like AlertBoot endpoint security was not used to protect ...
  1 week ago

• Full Disk Encryption: AZ Attorney General Also Investigating Health Net

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  Health Nets loss of a hard drive that was not protected with drive encryption is really beginning to pay dividends.  The wrong kind of dividends.  Arizonas Attorney General has now announced that he will investigate whether Health Net has broken any state laws due to the breach. Second Attorney General ...
  1 week ago

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