data protection

Data is so important that it can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more. It all really depends on the data. Although what is important to one company or person may not be important to another company or person, it's all very critical to the end user and should be as secure as possible. Data needs to be protected against those who shouldn't be using it (hackers and competitors) just as we need to protect it from ourselves (accidental deletion and ruination).

Data protection can come in the form of online backup or even remote backup. A good disk backup appliance features what is called "deduplication", which just means that storage needs are reduced by eliminating redundant data.

It isn't necessary to know all the ins and outs about how the technology works (unless you are the engineer), but with data protection it sure is nice to know that your data is much less likely to be compromised in any way. Bloggers speaking about data protection can be found at sites like globaldatavault and itknowledgeexchange.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “data protection”

• in Business
  EU and Google Battle Continues Over Privacy
  Google face further legal issues in Europe over their alleged failure to comply to privacy requests.
  by cmimanagers / on Feb 19, 2013
• in Social Media
  Are We Seeing the End of Free Facebook?
  New EU law could spell the end of ad supported social media, meaning perhaps the end of free Facebook.
  by cmimanagers / on Jan 11, 2013
• in Technology
  Digital Purgatory: Data Remains After Death
  Status Update: Deceased!
  by mdpeters67 / on Oct 15, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “data protection”

 

• New White House open data executive order: how does it compare to the British version?

  
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  US legislation released on Thursday is aimed at making federal government data easier to find and use. We take a look at whether UK law is moving at the same rate. The White House has released an executive order today committing all federal government data to be open and machine-readable. Signed by President Barack ...
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• Separate data protection law for employment relations recommended – OUT-LAW.com

  
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  “New laws should be drafted to set specific rules around data protection in employment relations, a new report has recommended.” Full story OUT-LAW.com, 9th May 2013 Source: www.out-law.com
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• Big Data = Bigger Security Risk

  
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  By Jaspreet Singh A perfect storm is brewing on the data security front, and it’s setting businesses up for a tidal wave of data breaches that may make today’s flood seem like a trickle. A key contributor is the ongoing explosion in the world’s data stores. The volume of digital business information is now ...
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• What is PGP Whole Disk Encryption?

  
  Gradian Systems News — Authority: 116
  PGP whole disk encryption, or PGP full disk encryption as it is sometimes referred to, is a piece of software allowing you to easily encrypt your entire hard drive. It protects your data rendering it unreadable to unauthorised users in the event of theft or accidental loss. Whether you are looking for PGP whole disk ...
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• Get your business ready for the new data protection laws

  
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  When: Wednesday, 22nd May 2013 Time: 08:45 – 11:45 Where: The Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Rd., Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 Could your business afford a €2m fine because of a data breach? The proposed EU regulation changes to the data protection laws will increase the compliance obligations of all Irish business ...
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• #EMCWorld 2013 – Calculating Downtime Costs. How Much Should you Spend on Disaster Recovery

  
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  Paul Croteau from Rackspace hosted a very entertaining talk on disaster recovery and the cost of downtime. Business continuity and disaster recovery are topics that are very close to my heart as I’ve spent a good portion of my time … Continue reading → ©2013 Omar Amins Adventures in Consulting
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• Why the Queen wants your IP address

  
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  The British government will craft legislation that give it the power to more accurately track people online, the Queen said today . She was speaking during the ceremonial opening of Parliament in Westminster, where she outlined the legislation the country’s conservative government will introduce. The speech was ...
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• Litter Enforcers let loose in Leeds – what rights to private contractors have to request personal details and issue fines? – Zenith Chambers

  
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  “Private contractors are increasingly being used by local councils in an attempt to curb offences of littering. This has provoked an uproar amongst the press with reports of local residents being issued with ‘heavy handed fines’ for the most trivial offences, rather than receiving a warning and the opportunity ...
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• How do you simplify data sharing while being secured?

  
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  As business data has evolved, so have the methods of dataprotection. From multinationals focusing on administration and network levelsecurity to individuals depending on simpler methods, data security has becomean integral part of our business lifestyle. Plus, when there is “big data”involved the level of security ...
  2 weeks ago

• Join Me at TechEd North America and Come to my Session: June 3-6 New Orleans!

  
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  TechEd 2013 North America will take place June 3-6 in New Orleans.  TechEd is Microsoft’s premiere conference for IT Professionals and Enterprise Developers, offering the most comprehensive technical education across Microsofts products, solutions, tools, and services.  I have had the privilege to speak at TechEd ...
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• The Internet Companies that Protect Your Privacy, and Those that Dont

  
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  Twitter and Sonic.net will stand up and fight for you when the feds come knocking, while Verizon, Apple, AT&T; and Yahoo will probably roll over, according to a new EFF report.
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• Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 2013 Report “Who Has Your Back?”

  
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  Electronic Frontier Foundation’s 2013 Report Shares Which Companies Help Protect Your Data According to the  Electronic Frontier Foundation , when you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook.  But what do ...
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• Worldwide Data Breaches – Leakage Without a Plumber’s Crack

  
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  LifeLock Author on E RADAR The rise in the data breach is threatening trust and confidence across online business. Malicious or criminal attacks are the most expensive cause of data breaches and are on the rise. US figures show that in 2011 37 percent of data breach cases involved malicious attacks and averaged ...
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• Europe’s cyber Achilles heel

  
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  The Dutch hacker believed to be responsible for the world’s largest DDoS attack a few weeks ago has been arrested. Apparently he was caught 35km north of Barcelona in an orange van that doubled as a mobile computing office, (in my mind it’s like a  malicious Mystery Machine) remotely controlling his ‘cyber ...
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• 20 Key Scenarios with Windows Azure Infrastructure Services (IaaS): Leveraging the Cloud for Backing Up Your Data.

  
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  One of the key scenarios that you can leverage the cloud for is backup and that is what we are going to take a look in this post.  Backup is something that should be doing everyday in your datacenter.  Regardless of the size of your datacenter, you backup your data.  You can backup your data to a variety of ...
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• “It’s data protection gone mad”

  
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  Data protection seems to have a bit of an image problem. What began with such good intentions is fast becoming a scapegoat for silly decisions, overzealous practitioners and an awful lot of paperwork. Slightly bonkers stories, such as the letter featured in The Guardian last month from a lady whose purse had been ...
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• As UK Violent Crime drops, UK Cyberspace Crime Increases…

  
  Gradian Systems News — Authority: 116
  Recent studies from the Institute for Economics and Peace concludes that murder and violent crime rates have fallen more rapidly in the UK over the last 10 years than in many other Western European countries. Good news like this doesn’t come along often enough and, as we all relax in the knowledge that we’re ...
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• Expert insights 2: Cyber threats and security in the Caribbean 2013 update

  
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  The second installment in our 2013 series in which we discuss with network/IT security professionals across the region cyber intrusion and security in the Caribbean. In this the second in our Expert insights series for 2013 in which we revisit matters related to cyber threats and security in the Caribbean, we have ...
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• Do You Feel More Secure Than Last Month?

  
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  I was just reading the March edition of the Index of Cyber Security, which is a measure of perceived risk from participating security practitioners. A higher index value indicates a perception of increasing risk, while a lower index value indicates the opposite. The big question this report asks is, “Do I feel ...
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• One in Five Believe Smart Meters Will Create a “Class Divide”

  
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  Tripwire  announced the results of a survey of 1,000 U.K. consumers on smart meter privacy. The research revealed that British consumers believe utility companies will only install smart meters in high-earning households, creating a class division, despite widely publicized benefits that include reduced energy bills ...
  3 weeks ago

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