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• Stop Paying for Windows Security

  
  Kent J. Chen's WebLog — Authority: 123
  The awesome How-To Geek had a very good post on lifehacker the other day, which I think worth a post space here to spread the word, loudly. What he basically claimed in the post was When it comes to keeping your Windows PC secure, all of the scare tactics and overblown virus stories out there make it hard ...
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• Microsoft Threat Assessment & Modeling

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP Every organization has some form of Information Security Risk Assessment - some perform a formal risk assessment, others simply use their practical experience . Whatever method is chosen, it always helps to use a tool which will assist the organization in ...
  2 days ago

• Data Encryption Software: What To Do When Data Is On Paper? Obsidian Suffers Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  These days, when one talks about data security, several things spring to mind: hard disk encryption , antivirus software, firewalls, etc.  However, remember that information resides in other forms than in digital format.  After all, were using more paper than ever, and have increasingly done so for the past ten ...
  3 days ago

• Laptop Encryption Software And Rickrolling Having Something In Common

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  What does laptop encryption software have in common with the cultural zenith that was, and is, Rick Astley?  Passwords. Rickrolling iPhone Worm Australians with jailbroken iPhones got the treat of a lifetime when their wallpaper got changed to that of a young Astley looking impishly serious (check out the ...
  4 days ago

• HIPAA and Video Surveillance of Surgery

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Rebecca Herold ( The Privacy Professor ) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI Over the years there have been many… too many…instances where doctors have performed the wrong types of surgeries on patients, and even the wrong surgeries on completely wrong patients… There was a very interesting, and ...
  4 days ago

• Symantec CEO Optimistic About IT Spending

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Cara Garretson , Veteran Business and Technology Journalist Security giant Symantec ( SYMC ) announced second fiscal quarter results that were down 3 percent compared to the same period a year ago, but up slightly from the last quarter of this year, offering some evidence that IT spending is on the ...
  5 days ago

• Wanted: A Synopsis of Canadian Cybersecurity Laws

  
  Slaw — Authority: 600
  I have been asked (by an American colleague) if I know of any synopsis of “Canadian cybersecurity laws”. I am told that this expression means some mix analogous to the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, covering as well wiretaps, crimes, specific requirements for securing data. Core is private sector rather than ...
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• Antivirus Firewall Software: The New Craze in Security

  
  VST Platinum Blog — Authority: 153
  It is amazing how antivirus firewall software has become an integral security tool for every computer user. With its core foundation established upon three pillars of security software: 1) an intelligent firewall; 2) efficient antispyware software; and 3) a dominant antivirus engine, this security suite becomes very ...
  1 week ago

• Two Vulnerability Scanning Tools Evaluated

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP We have mentioned our favorite vulnerability scanning tools before . But a lot of time has passed since, so it is time to put these tools against each other and evaluate the quality of the results received when scanning the same target. The Test Environment ...
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• Data Encryption Software Part Of Trojan. Ransom Notes Are Not

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  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 ...
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• Everyday Life and the Expectation of Privacy

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  Coby Royer, Technical Product Manager for Symplified Bob Blakley from The Burton Group recently posted a great response to Andrea DiMaio of Gartner Group regarding privacy. There are lots of great viewpoints expressed in Bob’s blog and comments, but I’d like to raise a perspective on privacy that is ...
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• Report: Data Breaches Hike Fraud Risk 400%

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Doug Pollack , Chief Marketing Officer for ID Experts Because data breaches have become such commonplace incidents, there is concern that people have become desensitized to the potential harm they face upon receiving a notification letter from an organization informing them that sensitive information has been ...
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• Time and Contracts, Are on Our Side: Cloud Computing Advocates Face The Reliability Question

  
  Computersight — Authority: 414
  One of the principal concerns about cloud computing is the reliability question, and this is certainly a case where when a tree falls (i.e. an outage occurs and data/services/processing capacity are unavailable), everyone hears the sound. Unfortunately, worries over cloud reliability and availability – or ...
  2 weeks ago

• Drive Encryption Software: UK Companies Report 356 Data Breaches In Less Than One Year

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  A Freedom of Information request has revealed that UK CIOs have reported 356 instances of data breaches since November 2008.  Of these, 222 instances (60%) would have been fully preventable via the use of drive encryption like AlertBoot. The 222 instances I mentioned include the loss or theft of hardware (memory ...
  2 weeks ago

• Data Encryption And ISO 27001, Compliant UK Firms Are Actually Not

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  According to networkworld.com , nearly half of UK business that have been certified compliant with ISO 27001 are engaged in actions that would make them anything but.  In my own experience with drive encryption software , I can see how this can be true. What is ISO 27001? ISO/IEC 27001:2005-Information ...
  2 weeks ago

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

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• The High Cost of HIPAA Privacy Violations

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 473
  By Danny Lieberman , Security Expert and Founder of Software Associates Back in February 2009 I noted that CVS Caremark Corp. had agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a federal investigation into allegations that it violated HIPAA privacy regulations when pharmacy employees threw items such as pill bottles ...
  3 weeks ago

• U.S. Government Blogs Organized by Subject

  
  Legal Research Plus — Authority: 423
  USA.gov, which provides official information and services from the United States Government, has recently organized federal government blogs by subject.Under the current organization there are 11 categories:Business and Economics Blogs: Small business owners, economics news…Defense and International Relations Blogs: ...
  3 weeks ago

• U.S. Department of Defense Places First Orders for DASH7 Wireless Sensor Products

  
  SupplyChainNetwork.com — Authority: 119
  The DASH7 Alliance, a coalition of organizations promoting a standard for wireless sensor networks, today announced that the United States Department of Defense (DoD) has placed its first order for DASH7 active RFID tracking technologies. The order comes under the DoD’s $429.4 million RFID III procurement contract, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Antivirus Firewall Software: The New Craze in Security

  
  Content for Reprint Blog — Authority: 151
  In the newest wave of the future, Antivirus firewall software has leaped to the top of the computer security arena. It is a powerful suite of software that is built upon firewall, antivirus and antispyware software to block “bad” traffic and prevent viruses from infecting your PC. A high percentage of antivirus ...
  3 weeks ago

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