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• Anthem Data Breach Settled for $115M, Despite Having "Reasonable" Security

  Last week, a federal judge approved a settlement – the largest to date when it comes to data breaches – that is historic and yet falls flat: Anthem, the Indianapolis-based insurer, has agreed to pay a total of $115 million to settle all charges related... Posted Aug 31 2018, 03:29 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: HIPAA, data security, law, computer data security, information security, endpoint security, prevent data leakage, cost of computer security breach, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, personal information encryption, server encryption, cloud security, healthcare

• Most of the Used Memory Cards Bought Online Are Not Properly Wiped

  According to tests carried out by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), nearly two-thirds of memory cards bought used from eBay, offline auctions, and second-hand shops were improperly wiped. That is, the researchers were able to access... Posted Jul 12 2018, 09:16 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, encrypted data, computer data security, endpoint security, file encryption, data at rest encryption, encryption software, identity theft, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, file security, personal information encryption, best encryption

• Fresno State Hard Drive Stolen, 15000 Affected

  At least 15,000 California State University, Fresno "student athletes, sports-camp attendees, and Athletic Corporation employees" were affected by a data breach earlier in the year, according to kmph.com and other news sites. A hard drive, 18... Posted Mar 09 2018, 02:42 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, laptop encryption, law, hard drive encryption, data theft prevention, computer data security, identity theft, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, endpoint security breach, hdd encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, portable drive encryption, external drive encryption software, personal information encryption

• Cloud Services: Will It Be There When You Need It?

  How much should you (or can you) trust the cloud to be there when you need it? Last week, the top US internet sites went dark, on and off, for a couple of hours or so due to a historically unprecedented denial of service attack (DDoS). Over the past week... Posted Oct 28 2016, 04:23 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, computer data security, file encryption, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, document encryption, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, personal information encryption, best encryption, cloud security

• Ashley Madison Passwords Easy To Crack After All

  Ah, Ashley Madison. Even as one tries to move away from it to other issues, new problems surface like toxic malaise at a swamp: fraudulent $19 data scrubbings, men being conned by bots, some of the weakest passwords known to mankind securing their servers... Posted Sep 11 2015, 08:35 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, data security, data theft prevention, secure digital assets, password protection, persistent encryption, encryption software provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, personal information encryption

• Password Security: Ashley Madison Patrons Had Terrible Passwords

  Last week, motherboard.com reported that 4000 cracked passwords belonging to Ashley Madison customers were "awful," security-wise. The site went on to conclude that: It's understandable for users to be frustrated with Ashley Madison for... Posted Sep 04 2015, 02:36 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data security, data theft prevention, data at rest encryption, hard disk encryption, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, personal information encryption, server encryption