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1. A Comprehensive Approach to Data Security

   [ Blog ] Topic: Data Loss Prevention | Author: MikeVizard | Date Published: 11/02/2009

   All too often, it takes a high-profile case such as the accusations surrounding insider trading involving the Galleon Group to get organizations to think about the security of their most sensitive data . We don’t know all the mechanisms that were purportedly used to share illicit information...

2. E-mail Encryption Grows More Sophisticated -- and More Important

   [ Blog ] Topic: Encryption | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 12/14/2007

   Encrypting e-mail ranks high in just about every expert's list of important enterprise security steps. After all, this is a potent way to reduce the dangers from lost laptops, dishonest employees and many other ways in which valuable data is lost. This post at Server Watch drives the point home...

3. Data Protection Policies Often Come up Short

   [ Blog ] Topic: Privacy | Author: LoraBentley | Date Published: 07/06/2009

   As much as businesses and government entities today emphasize the importance of data protection, it's not exactly a strength. For instance, look at . It indicates "government agencies...select convenience over compliance" by allowing transcriptionists to work with sensitive information on...

4. Symantec Eyes Vontu as the Data Leakage Sector Stays Hot

   [ Blog ] Topic: Data Loss Prevention | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/16/2007

   The data leakage sector is hot, which means companies that specialize in it are rich acquisition targets for the big, multi-purpose security firms that tend to swoop in and to fill out their portfolios with the technology de jour. Data leakage technologies -- which, as the name implies, seek to...

5. For Security Staffs, Holiday Gifts May Darken the Bright New Year

   [ Blog ] Topic: Encryption | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 12/26/2007

   The holidays are here, which means that soon the holidays will be over. At that point, IT and security staffs will be facing a wave of mobile devices given to employees and making their way into the workplace. This EducationSecurityPortal.com story relates results of a survey by SafeBoot,...

6. Vanish: Now You See Data, Now You Don't

   [ Blog ] Topic: Encryption | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 07/28/2009

   Did you ever wish that you could control the lifetime of your data on the Web? What if you wanted e-mail to self-destruct after a certain time period? A friend of mine sent me information on a product being researched and said I just had to check it out. I am not an easy person to impress, but I...

7. The Cloud Might Have Trouble with Encryption

   [ Blog ] Topic: Encryption | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 08/05/2009

   Researchers from iSec Partners have pointed out a possible flaw with cloud computing, just in case we need another. The researchers have described a situation in which there might not be enough randomness in order for encryption to be fully effective. Here is their concern: Encryption ...

8. The Trouble with Hidden File Transfers

   [ Blog ] Topic: Data Loss Prevention | Author: MikeVizard | Date Published: 10/29/2009

   Just about every organization has someone who indulges in the following illicit behavior. Because the e-mail system is not capable of supporting large file attachments, certain individuals will find a way to get those files where they need to be by any means necessary. The most common way is to...

9. Are Your Employees Leaking Sensitive Information?

   [ Blog ] Topic: Data Loss Prevention | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 03/03/2009

   You are doing all the right things; you scan for viruses in e-mail; you limit attachments; you have an acceptable use policy that each employee signs yearly; you train on e-mail usage at new employee orientation; and against the wishes of some in the business, you disable USB ports so no one can...

10. USB Drive Is Like Iron

    [ Blog ] Topic: Removable Storage | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 05/12/2009

    Last week I had the honor of presenting at SecureWorld'09 in Valley Forge, Pa. I thought the conference organizers did a great job in choosing the speakers and tracks. Topics covered included: Securing enterprise mobile devices; botnets; malware 2.0; computer evidence handing; and my favorite,...

11. Ixquick Offers 'Most Private' Search Engine

    [ Blog ] Topic: Privacy | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 07/03/2009

    Do you want a third party knowing and tracking where your employees have been on the Internet? What if they are doing research for a new product? What if your company is considering a merger with another company and you need background information? If your employees use Google's, Yahoo's,...

12. My Experience with BitLocker

    [ Blog ] Topic: Encryption | Author: Paul Mah | Date Published: 08/27/2009

    In an earlier blog, I discussed the disk encryption technology. As promised, I shall be sharing my experience implementing BitLocker on my laptop today. My hope here is that the relative ease of setting up full disk encryption will encourage more SMBs to implement this crucial step towards...