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- McAfee buys a data encryption company for $350 million
- McAfee announced yesterday that it will buy SafeBoot for $350 million in cash. SafeBoot is a maker of enterprise data encryption technology. McAfee will combine its technology with SafeBoot's to form the foundation of a new data protection business unit headed by SafeBoot's chief executive Gerhard...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Data Protection, SafeBoot, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- AT&T’s traffic monitoring tool is an ingredient for privacy disaster
- The recent news on AT&T's plan to go ahead with implementing a traffic monitoring tool and another scathing report on data protection policies in U.K. organizations give a bleak picture of responsible handling of user privacy. AT&T seems to be gunning for the...
- Tags: Data Protection, Monitoring, AT&T Corp., Tool, Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Automate subversion backups
- Subversion is increasing in popularity and usage, and while it makes a fantastic version control system -- as with all things -- it needs to be properly backed up. If subversion is used as a version control or backup system for other data (i.e., configuration files, as we've seen in...
- Tags: subversion, Networking, Linux, General, data protection
- Blog posts 2007-06-29
- Rebuild/Upgrade your system with ease
- With Fedora 7 now out, I am posed with the task of upgrading my operating system. The problem is I know I have a lot of applications installed that aren't a part of the new Fedora. So I thought there had to be a way to do this more easily....
- Tags: CLI, data protection, Distribution Upgrade, Linux, Upgrade, Get Jacked, Installation
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Root out data breach dangers by first implementing common sense
- As security breaches of personally identifiable information PII make the news, (http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm) an analysis of the breaches may lead you to the conclusion that it is not hackers or malicious employees that are to be feared but just plain stupidity. While you will find data breaches that can be blamed...
- Tags: Practices, Data Security, Data Protection, Data Breach, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-17
- Create encrypted loopback filesystems on Linux
- One nice feature about Mac OS X that is widely advertised is the fact that you can create encrypted disk images very easily. These disk images can be used to store documents and files, and can be mounted and unmounted on demand. In fact, the FileVault feature of OS X...
- Tags: General, Linux, encryption, data protection
- Blog posts 2007-06-15
- Data owners aren't always the final word in data protection
- Security Override ControlsTom,Not all companies have the controls and policies in place that you're referring to. To most, even larger firms, this is more or less a pipe dream. I met with a F50 firm just this week and their issue is that they are spinning their wheels...
- Tags: data protection, markb@..., data owner, security
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Data owners are not always the final word in data protection
- Data owners are responsible for determining who accesses sensitive information as well as the level of access (i.e. read, write, etc.), but at what point should data owner approval be checked by the security team? In other words, when is it appropriate for Security to deny a data owner approved...
- Tags: Risk Management, Leadership, Security Solutions, Security, Compliance
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- SolutionBase: Simplify SMB backups using Iomega Rev Disks
- This article is also available as a TechRepublic download.Data protection is one of the greatest challenges small andmedium businesses face. Frequently faced with tight budgets and often boastingonly outside consultant support, an SMB's focus istypically consumed with managing operations, increasing market share, improvingproducts and services, and a myriad number of...
- Tags: SMB/SME, Backups, WhatÂ, data protection, IomegaÂ, Erik Eckel Network+, MCP+I, MCSE, Iomega REV, Iomega Corp., disk, small and medium business, backup
- Technical articles 2007-05-23
- RFID set to reduce crime
- MSNBC news reports that Kestrel Wireless is still in talks with Hollywood studios and expect to announce deals this summer.Kestrel Wirelesss ‘Radio Frequency Activation’ or RFA for short is set to protect optical media such as DVD’s, audio CD’s and video games from theft both in store and in transit.The...
- Tags: Rfid, News, General, Data Protection
- Blog posts 2007-05-13
- Simply Safe Backup: The Right Tool for the Job?
- Data protection is paramount, yet many Windows users don't possess the time or knowledge necessary to properly safeguard files, databases and other information. Simply Safe Backup provides a free option home users can employ to direct backups to an FTP server, back up databases, use Zip, tape and even CD...
- Tags: Backups, job, Safe Backup, Windows User, backup, DVD-drive, FTP server, tape, data protection, tool, database, CD, Microsoft Windows, knowledge, server
- Image galleries 2007-05-06
- Harder than selling insurance
- In the process of preparing for a data security meeting next week, I have been asking myself, "Why is it so darn hard to convince those that control the purse strings to spend money on security?" If you talk about data security to most people they will nod their heads...
- Tags: General, Data Security, Data Protection, Data Breach, Data Accountability, Compliance, Accountability
- Blog posts 2007-04-22
- Safeguard your Office 2007 files with encryption, document protection, and digital signatures
- Microsoft Office 2007 has a number of data protection features that help to protect the confidentiality and integrity of files created with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. This gallery will look at how to use document encryption to password-protect documents, how to restrict formatting and editing of documents, and...
- Tags: Digital signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Digital security, SECURITY, digital signature, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, encryption, transit, confidentiality, data protection, Microsoft Excel, Mic
- Image galleries 2007-04-17
- Windows Vista data protection features (Explore Windows Vista's data protection features)
- Real data and privacy protection or just against simple theft ?Does anyone know, for shure, that there is or isn't any backdoor in any of WinVista's encryption and/or protection schems and methodes. It is after all a US product and not an early GPL version of PGP (the one that...
- Tags: Disaster recovery, Backups, Microsoft Windows, bop@..., data protection, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-03-29
- Secure your hard drive with Windows Vista BitLocker
- The new BitLocker data protection system in Windows Vista provides volume-level encryption you can use to secure PCs and notebooks. These screen shots walk through the process of configuring BitLocker encryption to safeguard your data.
- Tags: BitLocker, data protection, encryption, hard drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, notebook, PC
- Image galleries 2007-03-01
- Explore Windows Vista's data protection features
- Microsoft has given Windows Vista technologies to help protect your data.
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, data protection
- Image galleries 2007-01-11
- Data Protection
- I am looking for a free or relatively inexpensive and simple program to be able to lock a directory or a drive with a password so it can be used for storage of sensitive personal data. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I had purchased on ca
- Tags: data protection, joezep1@..., security
- Discussion threads 2007-01-02
- Consider content monitoring for data protection compliance
- Security managers, working closely with other members of IT management teams, have become pretty good at protecting information assets from external threats. Even in this era of deperimeterization, IT teams are beginning to effectively tighten security around systems in addition to the enterprise overall. But what about the...
- Tags: Compliance, data protection, data theft, E-mail, End User, End-user Communication, monitoring, Security
- Blog posts 2006-12-18
- Nationwide building society leaks 11m customers’ data
- The Nationwide building society has said it will be tightening security after admitting that a laptop containing data on 11 million was stolen 3 months ago. The building society (Britain’s largest) has apologised and assured customers that they are not at risk of identity theft--this is contradicted by their...
- Tags: Data Loss, Data Protection, laptop computer, Nationwide Building Society, News, Security, Security Leak, Security Policy
- Blog posts 2006-11-19
- The current role of Tape in Backup and Recovery.
- I want to get you alls view of magnetic tape in todays IT environment. I am conducting a study that analyzes this. So, if you will, here is the link to the survey which is 10 questions in length.http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=326682455691Click here to take surveyPlease provide your feedback as well. Thanks.
- Tags: dgls_wllms@...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-15
