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• Data Breach Costs: Canadian Government Pays $751,750 For Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  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 ...
  1 day ago

• Can I Still Work While My Computers Being Encrypted?

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  Youve installed disk encryption software on your computer.  You were promised the process would be short and painless, and, wonder of wonders, it was true!  Well, kind of. You didnt have to spend much time in front of the computer.  However, now youre noticing that your computers hard disk light is blinking like ...
  2 days ago

• Disk Encryption Software: Mossad Hacks Syrian Government Laptop

  
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  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Hard Disk Encryption Not On Laptop: Follow Up On Connecticut Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  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 ...
  4 days ago

• Drive Encryption Software: Williams College Experiences Laptop Theft

  
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  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 ...
  5 days ago

• Full Disk Encryption: 78% Of Identity Theft From Result From Burglaries

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  According to Travelers, the insurance company, the three leading causes of identity theft are burglary and theft of wallets, purses, laptop computers, etc.; on-line data breaches; and mail fraud.  There are limits on how people can protect themselves from such crimes, although the use of hard drive encryption like ...
  6 days ago

• Disk Encryption Software: Ashford and St Peters Loses USB Drives, Pledges Better Handling

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  Three missing USB memory drives have prompted the Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust to sign an undertaking with the Information Commissioners Office.  The missing devices, which did not use full disk encryption , held cancer patient data. The Details The data included full treatment and diagnosis of ...
  1 week ago

• Of Encrypted Hard Drives and "Evil Maids"

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 139
  Schneier has a blog piece about Joanna Rutkowskas "evil maid" attack, demonstrated earlier this month against TrueCrypt. "The same kind of attack should work against any whole-disk encryption, including PGP Disk and BitLocker. ... [A] likely scenario is that you leave your encrypted computer in your hotel room when ...
  2 weeks ago

• Full Disk Encryption: Church Has Computers Stolen Then Experiences Check Fraud

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  A church in California had its computers stolen along with a handful of other electronics.  The computers were full of personal information, and it looks like the use of drive encryption software like AlertBoot was foregone: other crimes after this particular incident could be traced back to the information on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cost Of A Computer Breach: Some Stats From ChoicePoint 2008 Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  Databreaches.net has a story on how ChoicePoint has decided to settle with the FTC regarding an information security breach the data broker experienced in 2008.  Ironically enough, the breach could have been prevented:  ChoicePoint had implemented the correct security measures in response to their 2005 breach.  ...
  3 weeks ago

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  3 weeks ago

• Disk Encryption Software: Pitt County Memorial Hospital Loses USB Disk

  
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  Pitt County Memorial Hospital has notified 1,700 patients that their personal information has been breached.  A USB flashdrive with patient names and SSNs has been found missing (yeah, I know.  Thats an oxymoron).  There is no mention on whether data security software, like hard disk encryption from AlertBoot, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Hard Disk Encryption: Halifax Health Laptop Stolen From Car

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  A laptop belonging to Halifax Health was stolen in late August.  The computer contained the billing information of 33,000 patients.  Password-protection was used, although there is no mention on the use of hard drive encryption like AlertBoot to protect the contents. The laptop was stolen from an employees car in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Drive Encryption Software: VA Dept Of Education Flashdrive Missing

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  The Virginia Department of Education has announced the loss of a 2-gigabyte flashdrive that contained the personal information of 103,000 former adult education students.  The device did not use disk encryption software  like AlertBoot to protect its contents. The personal information, according to the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Data Encryption Worthless With Employees Like These: 1/3 Of UK Emp Toss Sensitive Data In Bins

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  Encryption is not a panacea for all of your data ills, as Ive already noted time and again.  But, sometimes it can fail even for those "ills" it was designed for.  Foremost amongst those instances is when people dont follow instructions, such as not keeping their usernames and passwords in the vicinity of the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Full Disk Encryption: Boeing Employee Loses Laptop, Doped Up On Cold Medication

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  The Kitsap Sun has a short story on a Boeing laptop mishap.  According to the story, an employee working for Boeing has reported the theft of a laptop from her garage.  There is no mention on whether full disk encryption like AlertBoot was used to secure the contents of the laptop, which did contain sensitive ...
  4 weeks ago

• Data Encrypting Software: Making Sure Your Information Remains Protected

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  Data encrypting software like AlertBoot can go a long way in keeping your information secure.  And, because of advances in technology, its not as hard as it used to be. Why Encrypt Information On Your Computer? Weve all heard of stories where a computer is stolen, accessed by the thief, and a bunch of people ...
  4 weeks ago

• Disk Encryption Software: 70 Million Vets Data On NARA Hard Drive Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  The NARA, National Archives and Records Administration, may have had a data breach, depending on how one defines certain words.  Whats not in contention is the fact that a hard drive with the information of 70 million US veterans is involved.  Or that data encryption software was not used to protect this data. ...
  4 weeks ago

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