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

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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 ...
  22 hours ago

• Can I Still Work While My Computers Being Encrypted?

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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: 129
  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 ...
  3 days ago

• Hard Drive Encryption: Board Gais 4 Laptop Theft Security Guy Responsible For Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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 ...
  5 days ago

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

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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 ...
  5 days ago

• Forget malware infections, hackers want to ransom your files and devices

  
  Technology you can trust here... — Authority: 154
  Filed under: Security , News These days, cybercriminals seem to have one thing on their mind: your money. Gone are the days where a virus would simply infect your .exe files and make your system hard - or damn near impossible - to use. It’s bad enough that the bulk of the malware and malicious web scripting ...
  6 days ago

• Data Encryption Software Part Of Trojan. Ransom Notes Are Not

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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 ...
  6 days ago

• File Security: Junior Staffer Leaks US House Ethics Doc Via P2P

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  The US Ethics Committee has announced that a recent document leak was caused by junior staffer who installed file-sharing software on his personal computer.  This statement actually raises questions.  It is also testament to how data security requires a holistic approach that includes data loss prevention and data ...
  1 week ago

• Drive Encryption: Missing Tape Affects UK Farmers Tied To RPA

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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 ...
  1 week ago

• Is cloud security really different than data center security?

  
  Judith Hurwitz's Weblog — Authority: 113
  Almost every conversation I have had over the past year or so always comes back to security in the cloud.  Is it really secure? Or we are thinking about implementing the cloud but we are worried about security.  There are, of course, good reasons to plan a cloud security strategy. But in a sense, it is no different ...
  1 week ago

• Nokia N97 Software Update 2.0 – Free Download !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 439
  Nokia N97 lovers can have a new released N97 software update 2.0 that brings a new user experience elements and functionalities to the device. It is available immediately from PC on the Nokia Software Update site. Meanwhile, the Nokia N97 mini is making its debut in stores with stainless steel case. It is designed for ...
  1 week ago

• Data Encryption Software: CalOptima Loses Unencrypted CDs

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  CalOptima in Orange County has announced the loss of several CDs containing personal information of members.  It will affect approximately 68,000 people.  The use of data encryption software like AlertBoot would have been extremely useful, on a number of fronts. What Was Lost The CDs contained "names, home ...
  2 weeks ago

• FreeFileSync – Open Source Synchronization And Folder Comparison Tool !

  
  vhxn.com — Authority: 439
  Free File Sync is new open source tool especially comes for synchronization and folder comparison purpose with easy handling facility. At the same time, it is optimized for the highest performance and usability without restricted overloaded UI interface. In this tool, the main interface of the tool is separated into a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hard Drive Encryption Software: Roane State Community College Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  9,747 current and former students and 1,194 employees at Roane State Community College have been alerted to a data breach.  The data was stored on a USB drive.  While the academic institution does have "policies [to] define rules for protecting confidential data," it hasnt been revealed whether full disk encryption ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wireless Encryption: TJX Lessons Not Learned At TimeWarner?

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  Remember how TJX had that massive breach?  The one thats considered to be the largest to date?  Well, it looks like not all major companies learned the lesson.  The issue came down to the data encryption used to protect wireless data transfers.  Well, Time Warner has been caught using the same encryption ...
  2 weeks ago

• Backup Data Encryption: Zurich Financial Services Loses Tape In South Africa

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  Zurich Financial Services, a major financial services group that specializes in Life and General Insurance, has admitted to losing a tape that was used for backup purposes, a loss that could potentially affect customers on three continents.  It hasnt been revealed whether the tape drive encryption was used to ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  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

• Drive Encryption Software Keeps Aussie Peeper Out Of Slammer

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  I do not advocate the use of disk encryption software for illegal ventures.  However, it cannot be denied that its one way of keeping your activities secret.  Like in the case of the Australian man who constructed an elaborate set of peepholes to spy on his roommates but couldnt get convicted for the lack of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Data Encryption Software: London Clinic Patient Information For Sale

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 129
  While data encryption software is often recommended to enhance the security of sensitive data, there are those instances when it cannot fulfill its potential.  Therefore, policies are often created prohibiting its dissemination--and when such policies go national, theyre called laws.  Often times, those are ...
  2 weeks ago

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