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Original Technorati articles tagged “data security”

• in Small Business
  Brand Security Across Social Media Platforms Concerning Corporations
  After straightening out massive Twitter account attacks which reek of fraudulence, data security is now on the hot seat.
  by advertzones / on Feb 26, 2013
• in Small Business
  Hurricane Isaac and Disaster Recovery
  Whether a flood sweeps your server away or an ice storm keeps your employees stuck at home, work can continue without missing a beat with cloud computing.
  by spirinet / on Aug 27, 2012
• in Business
  Is Social Media Compromising Your Business
  Privacy on social media is just not about the individual. Companies are exposing data that could compromise their business.
  by surajitfa / on Dec 11, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “data security”

 

• How Do I Know If My VPN Is Trustworthy?

  
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  Dear Lifehacker, Ive read about why I really should use a VPN and Ive been looking into different providers, but theres one thing Im worried about. Cant a VPN provider just look at my traffic all they want and see what Im doing? Dont I just have to trust them not to spy on me? If thats true, how do I pick one I can ...
  3 days ago

• Yahoo Japan admits to possible heist of 22 million users’ data

  
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  Yahoo may be trying to act cool with their purchase of alt.porn-fest Tumblr, but they’ve got problems to sort out before they start going on about Sasha Grey and making Miguel memes. It has been revealed that its Japanese users might have had their data stolen. Yahoo Japan sent out a weak-wristed not to their ...
  3 days ago

• Apple BYOD Protection: Pentagon Clears Apple Devices for Use In DOD Network

  
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  Many media outlets are reporting that the US Department of Defense (DOD) has finally approved the use of Apple devices on its network.  I see plenty of comments like, "Great, prepare for malware to spread in our countrys military networks because some government worker decided to download the wrong game" or some ...
  3 days ago

• A Study on PayPal developer

  
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  A Study about PayPal developer Now that e-commerce websites are so popular, it’s hard to remember how we shopped before. On the web we can find just about any product we need, anywhere in the world, in just minutes. And when it’s time to pay, we don’t have to stand in line – we can check out in seconds.But ...
  4 days ago

• A Case Studies on Semafone and Swif

  
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  A Studies about Semafone and Swif Challenge : Loans and mortgage company Swift needed to increase the security of customer credit card data in phone calls to meet the latest Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). As an FSA regulated mortgage lender, Swift is required to record all phone calls ...
  4 days ago

• The Importance of Secure Data Protection for Businesses

  
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  In today’s need of secure data protection, the information that you throw away can be just as important as what you keep. The rapid and relentless pace of the modern office environment calls for constant improvements in efficiency, and companies have to be in a constant state of evaluation to determine what ...
  4 days ago

• Fed, Treasury Looking Into Bloomberg Data Security

  
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  Bloomberg LP’s disclosure that it had restricted newsroom access to certain customer data prompted an inquiry from the Federal Reserve, as well as the Treasury. WSJ.com: Media & Marketing
  1 week ago

• 45m$ ATM Heist shows the true potential of Cybercrime

  
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  Intwo separate cyber heists two Middle Eastern banks lost 45 million US dollars. Thefirst cyber-heist which netted 5 m$, took place on December 2012   where cybercriminals targeted pre-paidMasterCard debit cards issued by the National Bank of Ras Al-Khaimah in theUnited Arab Emirates. While the second intrusion, on ...
  1 week ago

• Fed, Treasury Looking Into Bloomberg Data Security

  
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  Bloomberg LP’s disclosure that it had restricted newsroom access to certain customer data prompted an inquiry from the Federal Reserve, as well as the Treasury. WSJ.com: US Business
  1 week ago

• The Onion pegs Syrian Electronic Army hacks on phishing schemes

  
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  Over the last several weeks the Syrian Electronic Army has made a nuisance of itself (again), serving as a sort of annoying prankster who is repeatedly ordered to go stand in the corner. The organization is reportedly responsible for quite a number of hacks, with The Onion having been one of its unlucky victims. The ...
  1 week ago

• Cloud computing provides data security

  
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  Cloud computing is fast becoming a revolution in how data is accessed and stored. In a  recent survey  it was found that eight out of ten companies utilize some form of cloud computing and that more than half of those are planning to increase their investment in the cloud in 2013. And of smaller companies more than ...
  1 week ago

• PayPal wants to get rid of passwords in favor of biometric security

  
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  While passwords are the way of the land on the internet, PayPal’s chief information security officer Michael Barrett says that passwords and PINs are obsolete and we need a new standard for security on computers and the internet. Barrett thinks that the next step is fingerprint scanners, which he believes will debut ...
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• Gladys Kravitz is Sniffing FREE WiFi Hotspots for Your Secrets

  
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  The free WiFi hotspot ritual is habitual. You head to your favorite café to get some work done “away from the office”. Justifying your $4 cup of 50 cent coffee with a Starbucks-approved rationalization (“I work so much more efficiently at my 3rd spot!”), you flip open your laptop, link to the free WiFi and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Data Encryption For Education

  
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  Data Encryption For Education Schools, colleges and universities are facing data security issues on a regular basis and the nature of their IT systems present unique challenges. Balancing diverse information with required security control is complicated when the IT infrastructure is decentralized and difficult to ...
  2 weeks ago

• What is PGP Whole Disk Encryption?

  
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  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 ...
  2 weeks ago

• BYOD Security: Complying With Australian Privacy Principle 11

  
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  Last week (28 April to 4 May 2013) was "Privacy Awareness Week" in the Asia Pacific region.  Australia is one of the entities that participates in PAW (the others are, in alphabetical order, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Mexico, New Zealand, and the USA). As part of the awareness campaign, the Office of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Brazen hackers unleash cyberattack to target ATMs

  
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  It usually happens late on a Friday when IT staffs are heading home for the weekend. Fearless teams of hackers bombard a banks networks and as the nerds scramble to stop the DDoS attack, the hackers steal customer passwords and create counterfeit debit cards.
  2 weeks ago

• Enterprise encryption technologies – Part 1

  
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  Lately I have been working more and more in the cloud as a security architect, and my current focus has been on encryption and key management technologies. What is interesting is that there isn’t a lot of difference between the encryption technologies we use in the cloud and the encryption technologies we use in ...
  2 weeks ago

• TITUS, DLP and MFT: The Collaboration of Technologies

  
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  Where Does It All Fit? TITUS is the first stage of a well-considered Data Leakage Prevention solution. It enables organisations to understand the nature of their data and classify accordingly. Users are responsible for applying labels to the data they create and emails that they send. Organisations can then apply ...
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• Hard Drive Disposal in the Cloud

  
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  Everybody knows that hard drives go bad. Some give up the ghost sooner, while others beat the odds, but eventually the storage grim reaper comes for all of them. When you have a data center full of hard drives, for example if you’re running a Cloud, then bad drives are a daily occurrence. In fact, given that so much ...
  2 weeks ago

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