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• New Samsung Story Station Plus sports 2TB on faster eSATA

  
  Desinformado.com — Authority: 441
  Samsung announced the STORY Station Plus, its new line-up of 3.5-inch external hard drives featuring an external serial ATA (eSATA) interface to allow lightning fast data transfer. The 3.0-gigabit per second (Gbps), high-performance drives are available in up to 2-terabyte (TB) densities, providing consumers with a ...
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• Data Encryption Software Not Used? How Does 5 Years Of Credit Protection Suit You?

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  If youll recall, BlueCross BlueShield announced a data breach last month, when an employee lost a laptop with the information of all doctors in their network (apparently, something like 90% of all doctors nationwide).  While BCBS uses drive encryption software to secure data, it was in vain: the employee had ...
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• Data Encryption Not Used On Stolen Scottish Ambulance Service Laptop

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  When it comes to data security, one of the best ways of receiving catcalls is by having "robust security measures" in place and not using them.  Like signing up for laptop encryption software from AlertBoot and not using it, which Ive seen happen before. Scottish Ambulance Service Laptop Stolen According to ...
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• Laptop Encryption Software: Using PS3s To Crack Encryption Passwords

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  Federal officers are employing Playstation 3 game consoles to crack the password to digital files protected with encryption software . To Catch A Predator - ICE C3 The operation is being spearheaded by the ICE, more specifically the C3 division/branch: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes ...
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• Drive Encryption: Health Net Loses Info On Half-Million Connecticut Residents

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  Health Net has announced the loss of a portable disk drive which has resulted in a data breach of 446,000 people.  Data security programs, such as full disk encryption from AlertBoot, were not used to secure the personal information.  This happened six months ago, and, boy, is Connecticuts Attorney General ...
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• Drive Encryption Software: Great Yarmouth and Waveney Primary Care Trust Desktop Computers Stolen

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Great Yarmouth and Waveney Primary Care Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act.  The case just goes to show that its not only laptop computers that require hard disk encryption , but desktops as well. According to the Undertaking signed by the Great ...
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• Hard Drive Encryption: Army Corps Of Engineers Data Breach With Missing External Drive - 60,000 Affected

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  The Corps of Engineers have lost an external hard drive.  The use of disk encryption software like AlertBoot was not mentioned (the use of encryption lowers the risk of a data breach).  The incident took place in Dallas, Texas, where the Corpss Southwestern Division is headquartered. 60,000 Soldiers and ...
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• Data Encryption For Photocopiers? Why Youre At Risk With A Photocopier

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  Photocopiers--those machines that spit out, again and again, duplicate documents to your hearts desire, and only limited by the reams of paper you have in your possession--can lead to a data security risk, in more ways than one.  One could argue that hard drive encryption could be employed to gain protection from ...
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• Disk Encryption Software: ICO Finds Burglaries And Theft Biggest Security Risk

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  According to a press release by the UKs Information Commissioners Office, the biggest security risks come from theft and burglary.  Based on what Im reading, I would assume that the use of data encryption prevent many information security breach instances occurring from theft. Some Figures By law, companies in ...
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• Hard Drive Encryption Software : Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Sign Undertaking

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  The Chief Executive of the Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has signed an agreement with the Information Commissioners Office to better protect data.  Data encryption software was used sporadically by the trust, and this had resulted in the breach of patient data. Audiology Department Breach A laptop ...
  2 weeks ago

• Data Loss Drives the Story for UK Comedy Show

  
  SanDisk Enterprise Blog — Authority: 115
  Last week’s episode of the British satirical comedy, The Thick of It , showed how the concept of a major public-sector data loss has become so mainstream that it can be the subject of an entire programme. The story was based around the accidental wiping of a large volume of citizen data within a Government ...
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• Data Breach Costs: Canadian Government Pays $751,750 For Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  The Canadian federal government paid out $751,750 to approximately 120,000 people who were affected by a data breach on September 2003, when six computers were stolen.  The computers contained personal information but were not protected via drive encryption software . Six years for resolution.  That must be some ...
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• Reported data losses grow in the UK

  
  SanDisk Enterprise Blog — Authority: 115
  More UK companies and Government departments than ever are reporting data losses to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK data watchdog, according to recent data . Reported incidents grew nearly 100% to 356 data losses in the period between November 2008 and September 2009, compared to 190 incidents ...
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• Disk Encryption Software: Mossad Hacks Syrian Government Laptop

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  According to Der Spiegel , Israels intelligence service planted a Trojan horse on the laptop computer of a Syrian government official.  This act ultimately led to the 2007 bombing of the Al Kibar complex (supposedly a nuclear reactor).  One way to have prevented this would have been the use of full disk encryption ...
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• Hard Disk Encryption Not On Laptop: Follow Up On Connecticut Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  A little over two years ago, a laptop computer belonging to the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) was stolen.  It did not use hard drive encryption software like AlertBoot to protect its contents and led to the breach of personal information for 106,000 people. An investigation was started since ...
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• Drive Encryption Software: Williams College Experiences Laptop Theft

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  Williams College, in Williamstown, Massachusetts has alerted the NH Attorney General about a recent computer theft.  It was not mentioned whether the stolen computer had hard disk encryption installed to protect its contents, a move that would have been highly appreciated by the 750 affected, Im certain. Car ...
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• Hard Drive Encryption: Board Gais 4 Laptop Theft Security Guy Responsible For Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  Databreaches.net has kept up with the Board Gáis laptop theft fiasco from June, and links to a report revealing that the person "responsible" for the breach "had specific responsibility for ensuring the protection of data."  If youll recall, one of the four computers did not use laptop encryption software like ...
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• Data Encryption Software Part Of Trojan. Ransom Notes Are Not

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  According to CNet, Trojan.Ramvicrype encrypts files, but will not leave a ransom note (instances where "ransomware" hijacks your computer, using the same data encryption technology offered by legitimate companies like AlertBoot, have been around for some time).  Fixes are available for download at Symantec, as ...
  3 weeks ago

• Internet Business Income Opportunity - The Info One Must Know About

  
  Start Your Own Online Business Presence — Authority: 145
  In the first place, Internet or intranets are everywhere. All you need to access the Internet is a computer, a phone line, and an ISP (Internet Service Provider). There are no borders, no time zones and no working hours. These facts allow great possibilities for anything you want to do remotely.brbrThe second ...
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• Drive Encryption: Missing Tape Affects UK Farmers Tied To RPA

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 131
  If youre a farmer in the UK, and have ever taken a payment from the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), consider yourself a victim of a data breach.  The RPA has lost computer tapes with information on farmers who have ever received a EU subsidy payment.  The tapes were not protected with encryption , as required. 39 ...
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