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• Data Encryption Software: Australia's Medvet Announces Data Breach, 800 Affected

  Adelaide-based Medvet, one of the largest Australian providers of DNA and drug tests, has announced an on-line data breach that has affected approximately 800 people. The breach was, as far as I can tell, their own fault. It occurred not because they... Posted Jul 26 2011, 01:51 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, data security, security, cryptography software, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, prevent data leakage, endpoint security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, breach notification, Australia encryption, encryption standard, personal information encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption

• Drive Encryption Software: Australian Institute of Company Directors Computer Stolen

  A computer was stolen from the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) during a power outage. The desktop computer, used for testing purposes, held personal data for 66,000 people. The computer was not protected with disk encryption like AlertBoot... Posted Jun 10 2011, 02:22 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, device encryption, data security, data theft prevention, whole disk encryption, drive encryption, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, desktop encryption software, hdd encryption software, encryption software provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, Australia encryption, personal information encryption, best encryption

• Email Encryption: Small Data Controversy Involving Brisbane's Bicycle Sharing

  CityCycle -- Australia, Brisbane's shared bicycle program -- was involved in a slight data breach. I'm not sure I would recommend data encryption in this particular case, although it certainly would have prevented the breach from happening. CC... Posted Feb 04 2011, 09:34 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: content encryption, data security, data theft prevention, cryptography software, information security, endpoint security, Australia encryption, personal information encryption, data in motion encryption, e-mail encryption

• Credit Card Chip Encryption Leading Fall In Card Fraud?

  Media around the world are reporting that credit card fraud has dropped for 2010, and in record numbers. A lot of the credit seems to be due to introduction of the chip-and-pin cards, which employ encryption, the same technology that's behind AlertBoot... Posted Dec 09 2010, 01:47 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, security, cryptography software, encrypted data, secure digital assets, endpoint security, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, persistent encryption, data security provider, Australia encryption, encryption standard, best encryption, bank data encryption

• Data Encryption And Disclosure Laws: Not As Ineffective As Previously Thought

  In 2009, three researchers at Carnegie Mellon University had announced that the data breach disclosure laws pioneered by California, and soon copied by many US states and nation-states around the globe, did not work. The same researchers have released... Posted Dec 02 2010, 11:51 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: content encryption, law, cryptography software, encrypted data, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, endpoint security, prevent data leakage, encryption software, identity theft, endpoint security breach, cost of software security breaches, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, cost of lost laptops, encryption law, encryption service provider, breach notification, Australia encryption, encryption standard, best encryption

• Laptop Encryption Software: AUS$500,000 Worth Of Laptops Missing

  Australian public servants have lost or stolen more than $500,000 (about $475,000 US) in computer equipment since January 2006 and October 2009. It looks like full disk encryption was not employed on these machines. Department of Primary Industries Worst... Posted Sep 14 2010, 11:42 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, device encryption, laptop encryption, data security, computer data security, data at rest encryption, laptop safe, drive encryption, disk encryption, notebook drive encryption, notebook data encryption, laptop encryption solution, notebook file encryption, laptop security software, data security provider, Australia encryption, government encryption