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• Data Encryption Used In Lost Data Disk Containing Information on 11,500 UK Teachers

  The UK media is reporting that another CD with sensitive information has been lost in the mail. Technically, it sounds like it was a courier service, but you get the idea. The good news is that the contents of the missing CD were encrypted. That means... Posted Sep 26 2008, 11:49 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, cryptography software, encrypted data, information security, cd encryption, drive encryption, encryption software, disk encryption

• File Encryption Not Used In Yet Another Lost UK CD: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

  Whittington Hospital NHS Trust is alerting the public that four CDs with employee payroll details were lost on July 22. The CDs were in transit to McKesson, a payroll company, where it was to be stored. While the four CDs did not feature file encryption... Posted Sep 18 2008, 01:23 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, theft, data security, security, cryptography software, computer data security, information security, prevent data leakage, cd encryption, data at rest encryption

• Loss of Flash Drive With Medical Information Kept Secret In The UK

  The Manchester Evening News is reporting that four thousand NHS patients in the UK have fallen victim to a possible data breach; however, they don’t know this. At least, not yet. A flash drive, also known as a computer memory stick, was lost by an NHS... Posted Jan 19 2008, 01:29 AM by sang_lee with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: data encryption, device encryption, HIPAA, data security, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, cryptography software, mobile data encryption, computer data security, information security, endpoint security, usb drive encryption, file encryption, cd encryption

• Data Security No Laughing Matter For UK Top Gear Host

  The BBC is reporting that one of their own, Top Gear’s host Jeremy Clarkson, has fallen victim to a phishing scam. A scam that benefitted Diabetes UK, a charitable organization, by five hundred pounds (money, not weight). The person to blame? Mr. Clarkson... Posted Jan 07 2008, 10:17 PM by sang_lee with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, theft, data security, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, cryptography software, computer data security, information security, endpoint security, usb drive encryption, cd encryption

• Obfuscation One Way To Implement Data Security

  But not necessarily the best method, especially when it involves hiding a security manual from your workers who are supposed to follow it. The Guardian has just released an article stating that junior civil servants, the same ones that were implicated... Posted Dec 14 2007, 11:35 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, content encryption, laptop encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, cryptography software, encrypted data, computer data security, information security, whole disk encryption, usb drive encryption, prevent data leakage, cd encryption

• When It Rains, It Pours. More Disks With Personal Information Go Missing In The UK

  I’m reading in the Daily Mail that the personal data of 16,000 children was lost at a London hospital (Hmm... The headline says 16,000, the article says 160,000. That’s a huge difference). The data was contained on a computer disk. Thankfully, the information... Posted Dec 12 2007, 10:31 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, theft, device encryption, data security, application control, port control, hard drive encryption, cryptography software, information security, whole disk encryption, secure digital assets, endpoint security, usb drive encryption, prevent data leakage, usb port control, cd encryption