Data security is keeping all the information the enterprise controls safe, including everything stored on cell phones, laptops and other devices in the field. Sound hard? Well, it is - and getting harder. The best approach is defense in depth, which relies on many approaches at many levels. While the details are complex, defense in depth relies on the common-sense assumption that malware or intruders that elude one level will be caught by another.
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Smartphone Security Free Ride Will Soon Be Over
The launch of the Palm Pre and the iPhone 3G S is further evidence – if more was needed – that the smartphone category is white hot. While mobile Internet devices (MIDs), netbooks and other types of mobile gear are gaining some traction, it is the smartphone that has captured... More >
HITECH Act Ramps up HIPAA Compliance Requirements
Among tax cuts and credits, more bailout fund requirements, and restrictions on executive pay packages, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) also includes a section that expands the reach of the and introduces the first federally mandated data breach notification... More >
Obama BlackBerry Debate Highlights Mobile Device Vulnerability
Lora Bentley spoke with former , who says the president of the United States has complete discretion in how he will communicate -- with a couple of exceptions. As such, Hagin says, Obama's BlackBerry shouldn't be such an issue, but he hopes the debate causes everyone else who uses mobile... More >
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LegaLock Secures Federal Legal Data
There is a danger is leaving sensitive but unclassified federal interviews and testimonies unprotected while being transcribed, warns LegaLock Secure Transcriptions. In response to federal mandates that require encryption of all sensitive but unclassified data, LegaLock has launched its secure transcriptions service to... More >
IBM Researcher Comes up With Encryption Breakthrough
IBM researcher Craig Gentry claims to have come up with a way for computer systems to perform calculations on encrypted data without decrypting it , reports Forbes . So-called "fully homomorphic encryption" would allow computer services, like Google, that store the confidential electronic data of others to search... More >
Northrop Grumman Data Found in Ghana
A team of journalists doing an investigation for the Public Broadcasting Service show Frontline uncovered a hard drive in a Ghana market that contained sensitive documents belonging to U.S. government contractor Northrop Grumman, reports Computerworld . The hard drive was purchased for $40. Apparently, the drive... More >
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