Over 216 million records containing personal and financial information were involved in security breaches announced from January 2005 to November 2007, according to the Privacy Rights Clearing House in its A Chronology of Data Breaches. November 21, 2007.
Over the past several years, governments have taken action to assist victims and require organizations to comply with […]

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What is Whole Disk Encryption
Full disk encryption (or whole disk encryption) is a kind of disk encryption software or hardware which encrypts every bit of data that goes on a disk. The term “full disk encryption” is often used to signify that everything on a disk, including the operating system, is encrypted. There are also […]

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A recent worm distributed through the Web 2.0 social network orkut points out the potential IT security risks presented by social media in an age where the number of Generation Y workers is increasing rapidly.
orkut is a social networking site with about 67 million registered users who can sign in with any Google account. Earlier […]

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Because of the ever-increasing vulnerability of IT systems, and because new and increasingly complex attacks are being devised every day, an organization can face significant challenges in deploying all of the various software components required for security risk management and control.
Besides the cost of the software and updates, total cost of ownership (TCO) considers […]

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Having an effective, up-to-date and well-documented backup and recovery strategy is a key component to minimizing the impact of data loss or compromise - whether it occurs from a disaster or not. Backup planning involves examining the needs and operations of your organization. Once you’ve determined your backup needs and how your backups will be stored, maintained and accessed, you need to think about recovery. What steps will you need to take in order to get your organization up and running quickly?

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There’s been a video created by the Idaho National Laboratory which is intended to simulate the possible havoc that could be wrought by a hacker who had access to their antiquated, largely-unsecured equipment.
The thing that’s most interesting to me is not so much the video or the article but the reaction from people in the […]

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Employee monitoring is all about striking a balance between protecting your company’s information assets and not going overboard to the point where employees feel alienated and you end up violating their privacy rights. Balance can best be accomplished when organizations inform employees of the purpose of monitoring activities and set the employees’ privacy expectations by adopting reasonable and consistently enforced monitoring policies…

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WebSense what do they do?
Websense sell their web filtering software to corporate clients. With Websense software corporations are able to restrict web surfing to certain websites and put monitoring in place. This allows protection of the corporations from malicious viruses entering the network from untrusted websites and to limit the overall Internet activity of employees […]

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How do I block mySpace, FaceBook and similar websites?
Option # 1: Source Code can be used to prevent objectionable websites but, there are some limitation. Also (you’ll need to know how to do some minor programming) but it’s simple enough, just follow the directions.
Option # 2: Monitoring Software can be used to monitor online activity […]

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CopiaTECH Summary on Employee Monitoring
1. Start Slow - block obvious non business related sites like mySpace.com, Facebook.com, adult traffic, gaming, etc. before you worry about monitoring keystrokes and filtering email!
2. Be Open - let everyone know that you are going to implement a filtering policy, and give people thirty days to adjust. During that time, […]

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