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Data Encryption On Cell Phones Broken?

While you won't have to do it often, there will probably be a point in your lifetime when you've got to upgrade your data encryption software. And, I emphasize, you won't have to do…

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An Alternative To Deleting Data? The Rfiddler Looks Cool, Sounds Cool, Perhaps Can Do The Job

You know, there's zapping data and then there's zapping data. I've often noted how disk encryption software can be used to securely toss used hard drives (as opposed to destroying t…

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Drive Encryption Software: Canada\'s PHIPA Requires The Use Of Encryption On Mobile Health Data

The Durham data breach from last week (and reported earlier this week) has been met with incredulity by the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner. A directive to use data encryption has…

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Data Encryption Software: Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel Loses 12 Laptops

The Information Commissioner's Office has a formal undertaking with the Department of Finance and Personnel (DFP) of Northern Ireland. The department lost 12 laptops, none of them secured w…

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Laptop Encryption Software: MBNA Contractor Loses Credit Card Data

MBNA, the largest credit card provider in the UK, has announced a data breach due to the theft of a laptop computer. Data encryption software like AlertBoot was not used to protect the informat…

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Laptop Data Encryption For SMBs - Small And Medium Sized Businesses

Data encryption for SMBs: It's an issue that bears looking into because of the upcoming compliance requirements with Massachusetts's 201 CMR 17.00 legislation (aka the "data breach laws&…

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Disk Encryption Software: Durham, Canada Health Department Has 80,000 Data Breach

A clinic in Durham, Canada--just north of Toronto--has suffered a data breach that affects 83,524 people who've received flu shots, H1N1 as well as seasonal, between October 23 and December 15.&n…

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File Encryption: Securing USB Sticks

Does a database fit on a USB stick? Yep, and it can be lost in the mail, too. It's for reasons like this that USB sticks need to be protected with some kind of encryption software, be…

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Drive Encryption: Lockface USB Drive Makes Me Ruminate

A Japanese company, Futen, has come out with a USB disk that comes with data encryption called Lockface. There's nothing new or novel about a pre-encrypted USB disk. What's new an…

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Data Encryption: Beijing Center Laptop Stolen, Affects Records From 1994 Onward

The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies has revealed the loss of a laptop computer to the NH Attorney General. From the content of the letter, it looks like disk encryption software such as Aler…

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Full Disk Encryption Used On Stolen Army MWR Laptop

A disastrous data breach has been averted by using hard drive encryption software on an Army laptop computer. Had encryption software not been used, it would have meant the potential breach of…

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Data Encryption Software: Detroit Medical Data Breach Affects 10,000

Sensitive, personal information that does not appear to be protected with encryption software like AlertBoot has been stolen from the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion on two separa…

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Laptop Device Encryption Software For Massachusetts Lawyers, Attorneys

You're a lawyer looking for more information on how to secure your laptop, as required under 201 CMR 17.00. The law, going into effect on March 1, 2010, requires the use of laptop encryptio…

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Australian Encryption Laws Coming Soon

So says Enrique Salem, CEO of Symantec. Salem has revealed that the Australian Federal Government has approached Symantec for advice on its data breach disclosure laws. I had already note…

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Laptop Encryption Software: MoD Notebook Computer Stolen From HQ

I often point out that hard disk encryption like AlertBoot is not a cure-all for data security concerns. However, what the UK's Ministry of Defence has got going with their latest breach de…

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Data Encryption Software Exemption To Federal Law On Data Breach And Identity Theft Risk Passed By House

The House of Representatives has passed a bill that would set a nationwide rule similar to California's SB 1386 (Cali's data breach notification law, as some call it). Among other simil…

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Drive Encryption Software: Possibility Is Not Probability

If something can happen, will it happen? I've read a post at securosis.com that briefly points out that that's not the case. I've got to agree, although I'll be the first…

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Laptop Encryption Software Vulnerable To Evil Maid Attacks (Again)

Researchers at Fraunhofer Secure Information Technology (SIT) have shown that laptop encryption programs could be even more at risk to evil maid attacks than previously thought, although this particu…

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Hard Drive Encryption Software On Textron Financial Missing Drive?

Textron Inc. has filed a letter with the Attorney General of New Hampshire, alerting his office of an employee and customer information data breach that occurred in October. The use of disk enc…

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Data Security: HIPAA vs HITECH - Mandating Patient Notification

There is a lot of controversy over making data encryption mandatory vs. strongly encouraging it (and being "punished" with notifications in the event of a data breach where encryption was n…

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Full Disk Encryption: School Gives Boy USB Stick With Sensitive Info

Well, here's a case where drive encryption like AlertBoot wouldn't have made a difference, although things may be a little different with file encryption. UK School Gives Student USB Stick Wi…

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Data Encryption: Confidential Papers Lost By Canada Minister Morton

You know, they say that data security is a state of mind. What it means is, only when you're concerned about security will you put some effort into it. It parallels that other sa…

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Passwords Are Here To Stay. But, You\'re Doing It Wrong

When it comes to hard drive encryption software like AlertBoot, passwords are like butter on bread: you just have to have it. And, as most data security professionals will tell you, the more co…

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Data Security Increases Needed By New Zealand Civil Service

New Zealand's privacy commissioner has released her annual report and has highlighted the need for better data security across government departments, possibly including the use of hard disk encr…

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Disk Encryption Software: UK Navy Investigates USB Stick Found In Garage

As noted yesterday, "full disk encryption works." That was the conclusion from the US Navy's CIO. It seems this lesson is yet to be learned by their counterparts in the Brit…

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Drive Encryption Software Protects Navy, Teaches Lessons

The Navy's CIO has uploaded a case that could have been one of the worst breaches they've ever had. Thankfully enough, it turned out not to be so dire in the end, with eight individuals…

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Laptop Encryption Software Not Installed On Stolen Eisai Laptop

What is up with medical organizations these days? Eisai Inc. has alerted the Attorney General of New Hampshire that a stolen laptop contained the information of the company's employees.&nbs…

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Full Disk Encryption: AZ Attorney General Also Investigating Health Net

Health Net's loss of a hard drive that was not protected with drive encryption is really beginning to pay dividends. The wrong kind of dividends. Arizona's Attorney General has no…

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iPhone Worm Password Cracked By Data Security Company

You've probably heard the news by now that there is an iPhone worm making its way out of Australia. Initially, it started out as a prank. However, many security professionals pointed…

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Data Encryption Software Not Used? How Does 5 Years Of Credit Protection Suit You?

If you'll recall, BlueCross BlueShield announced a data breach last month, when an employee lost a laptop with the information of all doctors in their network (apparently, something like 90% of a…

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Data Security: 41% Of Employees Steal Corporate Data

A survey carried out in the US and UK has found that 41% of employees have willingly taken corporate information. When one has a data breach due to accidental loss or theft, data protection sol…

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Data Security: House Of Reps. Passing P2P Bill? Secure Federal File Sharing Act

A bill was introduced this week by Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Affairs Committee. The bill, the Secure Federal File Sharing Act, is aimed at res…

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Disk Encryption Software: City Of Alberta Loses One Laptop A Month

The head privacy honcho for the city of Alberta, Canada recently found the city lost 48 laptops over the past four years. Hard drive encryption was not used to protect the contents. More…

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Data Encryption Not Used On Stolen Scottish Ambulance Service Laptop

When it comes to data security, one of the best ways of receiving catcalls is by having "robust security measures" in place and not using them. Like signing up for laptop encryption s…

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Hard Disk Encryption: Health Net Revises Breach Figures Upwards - 1.5 Million Affected

Well, I guess sometimes you just have to go with your gut feeling. Yesterday, I had made a comment on the Health Net data breach. The breach occurred because a portable drive was lost (an…

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Laptop Encryption Software: Using PS3s To Crack Encryption Passwords

Federal officers are employing Playstation 3 game consoles to crack the password to digital files protected with encryption software. To Catch A Predator - ICE C3 The operation is being spearheaded…

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Drive Encryption: Health Net Loses Info On Half-Million Connecticut Residents

Health Net has announced the loss of a portable disk drive which has resulted in a data breach of 446,000 people. Data security programs, such as full disk encryption from AlertBoot, were not u…

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Data Security: T-Mobile Experiences A Data Breach...But Not Really

There are many aspects to data security, like the use of drive encryption software, antivirus software, firewalls, etc. However, the biggest and central one is monitoring. Basically, maki…

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Data Encryption Software: Guam Hospital Laptop Theft

The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority has announced a breach of patient data. In light of this information security breach, the GMHA will be implementing policy changes that include the use of d…

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Drive Encryption Software: Great Yarmouth and Waveney Primary Care Trust Desktop Computers Stolen

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Great Yarmouth and Waveney Primary Care Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act. The case just goes to show that it's not only lap…

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Encryption Software: BNP Gives Laptop With Personal Information As Payment For Services Rendered

Or at least, that's the claim on one side. On the other, accusations of theft. Regardless, it seems that to me that data encryption would have been an ideal solution to this problem,…

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Hard Drive Encryption: Army Corps Of Engineers Data Breach With Missing External Drive - 60,000 Affected

The Corps of Engineers have lost an external hard drive. The use of disk encryption software like AlertBoot was not mentioned (the use of encryption lowers the risk of a data breach). The…

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Data Encryption For Photocopiers? Why You\'re At Risk With A Photocopier

Photocopiers--those machines that spit out, again and again, duplicate documents to your heart's desire, and only limited by the reams of paper you have in your possession--can lead to a data sec…

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Hard Disk Encryption Not Used On Stolen Bloomsburg U Laptop?

Here's another story that shows how drive encryption software could have prevented a data breach. Current and former students at the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania are being notified…

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Disk Encryption Software: ICO Finds Burglaries And Theft Biggest Security Risk

According to a press release by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office, the biggest security risks come from theft and burglary. Based on what I'm reading, I would assume that t…

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Drive Encryption Software Does Not Minimize Risk Of Losing A Laptop

There's a difference between minimizing the risks of losing a laptop computer and minimizing the risks of a data breach when losing a laptop computer. Although the one may overlap with the…

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

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 form…

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Hard Drive Encryption Software : Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Sign Undertaking

The Chief Executive of the Maidstone And Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has signed an agreement with the Information Commissioner's Office to better protect data. Data encryption software was us…

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Laptop Encryption Software And Rickrolling Having Something In Common

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…

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Data Breach Costs: Canadian Government Pays $751,750 For Data Breach

The Canadian federal government paid out $751,750 to approximately 120,000 people who were affected by a data breach on September 2003, when six computers were stolen. The computers contained p…

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