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• Hard Drive Encryption: Yorkshire Building Society Laptop Loss Snafu Involves Multiple Errors

  A laptop belonging to Yorkshire Building Society shows classic signs of terrible approaches to information security: lack of disk encryption software , passwords being written down and kept with the laptop , and more data than necessary stored in the... Posted Aug 26 2010, 06:04 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: device encryption, computer data security, laptop security, encryption software, notebook drive encryption, notebook data encryption, encrypted notebook, notebook encryption, encryption software on notebook, notebook file encryption, encrypted notebook software, notebook protection software, notebook data protection, laptop data security, laptop hdd encryption, securing corporate laptops, laptop encryption provider, encryption service provider, bank data encryption

• Desktop Encryption Software: Loma Linda Dental School Desktop Computers Stolen

  While many will make the case for laptop encryption , most fall silent when it comes to protecting desktop computers with the same technology. However, as Loma Linda University's Dental School shows, comparatively massive computers need protective... Posted Aug 13 2010, 07:41 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, device encryption, data security, data theft prevention, computer data security, whole disk encryption, endpoint security, data at rest encryption, drive encryption, encryption software, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, desktop encryption software, computer encryption software, hdd encryption software, data security provider, cifrado total de disco duro

• Drive Encryption Software: BBC Lost 146 Laptops Over Past Two Years

  The BBC is in some hot water after a Freedom of Information request led to the revelation that the Beebs has lost £240,000 ($376,000) worth of laptops and other mobile devices in the past two years. Many seem to be questioning the IT security of the BBC... Posted Aug 11 2010, 07:42 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, device encryption, data security, data theft prevention, encrypted data, computer data security, endpoint security, drive encryption, encryption software, disk encryption, notebook drive encryption, notebook data encryption, notebook encryption, encryption software on notebook, notebook file encryption, notebook protection software, notebook data protection, securing corporate laptops, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider

• Data Encryption: Toshiba Debuts Self-Wiping Hard Disk

  Toshiba has announced the "Wipe" for their Self-Encrypting Drives (SED), a technology that allows a hard drive to securely erase its contents when a system is powered down. Basically, it sounds like a bunch of mumbo-jumbo for an encrypted drive... Posted Aug 10 2010, 11:30 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, device encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, data at rest encryption, encryption software, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, hdd encryption software, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, media encryption and protection, external drive encryption software, cifrado total de disco duro, best encryption, disc encryption

• Disk Encryption Software: Ontario UHN Patient Details Stolen, Privacy Commissioner Angry

  The Ontario Privacy Commissioner reportedly hit the roof after finding out that a patient data breach was not reported to her office, learning of the situation via the local news instead. If you have a data breach, even more important than ensuring that... Posted Aug 10 2010, 08:40 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: device encryption, hard drive encryption, endpoint security, usb drive encryption, usb port control, drive encryption, encryption software, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, usb port security software, usb port blocking, usb port security, usb port control software, endpoint security breach, encryption law, usb device security, usb device protection, encrypt usb key, encryption software provider, media encryption and protection, file security, external drive encryption software, patient data encryption

• Cost Of A Data Breach: $15,000 For Notifying 25,000 In FT Worth Clinic Breach

  Fort Worth Allergy and Asthma Associates spent $15,000 to contact patients after a June burglary involving office computers. Had they used disk encryption , this expense would have been unnecessary. The cost seems to include something in addition to actual... Posted Aug 09 2010, 07:23 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: device encryption, HIPAA, data security, data theft prevention, encrypted data, information security, endpoint security, data at rest encryption, drive encryption, disk encryption, endpoint security breach, desktop encryption software, laptop data security, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, data security provider, medical data encryption, patient data encryption