IBM is embarking on a massive rollout of desktop and laptop encryption, providing 355,000 employees with whole-disk encryption to keep data confidential.
Although IBM already uses encryption in pockets of its organization, particularly with Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption in Lotus Notes, the rollout of whole-disk encryption marks Big Blue’s biggest-ever commitment to encryption with […]

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Massachusetts recently became the 39th state to enact a data security breach notification law to deal with security breaches of personal information of Massachusetts residents.
In the law, “Personal information” is broadly defined to include a Massachusetts resident’s first and last name or first initial and last name in combination with any one or more of […]

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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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All in all it was a good year for SMB IT Security. It seems the problems keep coming and get more complicated, but a major theme seems to be materializing…greed. There was a time when most viruses and security issues were Pride related. Hackers from around the globe seeing what they can get away with […]

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McAfee continues to dominate the endpoint security industry with its Total Protection for Enterprise solution. Leading research firm Gartner, Inc. has placed the company in the leader quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.”
Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms is based on an assessment of a company’s ability […]

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CEO David Dewalt: By now you’ve probably seen today’s news that McAfee has acquired SafeBoot, an enterprise-class security software vendor for mobile data protection. My leadership team is committed to ensuring that McAfee stays one step ahead of our customers’ needs, and our competitors’ offerings, by continuing to innovate.
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McAfee Buys SafeBoot […]

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The multi-platform password cracker Ophcrack is incredibly fast. How fast? It can crack the password “Fgpyyih804423″ in 160 seconds. Most people would consider that password fairly secure…
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Why you need Double Authentication
Jeff Atwood at Coding Horror writes an extremely interesting article about cracking passwords. And this is exactly why businesses, small […]

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66% of enterprises have encryption, but only 16% have a strategy. Rarely if ever do you hear about encrypted customer records being lost, cracked and exploited. Clearly the problem is in execution. This is the classic case of having a home alarm, but not turning it on at night or when you are gone.
Why do […]

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After the 9/11 attacks IT security quickly focused on disaster recovery as enterprises learned that data backup and recovery systems were paramount…However, recent events seem to be increasingly shifting the focus of IT security on data protection and, specifically on encryption […]

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