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• Leading Self-Encrypting Drives Compromised, Patched

  Earlier this week, security researchers revealed that certain SEDs (self-encrypting drives) sold by some of the leading brands in the consumer data storage industry had flaws in its full disk encryption. Bad Implementation One of the easiest ways to protect... Posted Nov 09 2018, 07:29 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, information security, encryption software, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, hdd encryption software, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, best encryption

• FBI Director Says Legislation Possibly A Way Into Encrypted Devices

  Last week, FBI Director Christopher Wray said that legislation may be one option for tackling the problem of "criminals going dark," a term that refers to law enforcement's inability to access suspects' data on encrypted devices. The... Posted Jul 27 2018, 03:24 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, data security, law, computer data security, endpoint security, data at rest encryption, hard disk encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, best encryption, government encryption, Android encryption, iPhone encryption, smartphone encryption, iPad encryption

• Most of the Used Memory Cards Bought Online Are Not Properly Wiped

  According to tests carried out by researchers at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), nearly two-thirds of memory cards bought used from eBay, offline auctions, and second-hand shops were improperly wiped. That is, the researchers were able to access... Posted Jul 12 2018, 09:16 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, encrypted data, computer data security, endpoint security, file encryption, data at rest encryption, encryption software, identity theft, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, file security, personal information encryption, best encryption

• Yahoo (ie, Altaba) Settles Two Lawsuits Tied To Huge Data Breach

  Last week, Yahoo (now reborn as Altaba after Verizon's acquisition) announced a settlement with the SEC over misleading investors regarding the biggest data breach in known history. The crime: not revealing it in a timely manner. It was one of the... Posted May 04 2018, 01:25 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, law, cost of computer security breach, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption, government encryption, cloud security

• Smartphone Encryption: FBI and Apple At It Again?

  Following the worst mass shooting in Texas history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced in a press conference that they're unable to get into the smartphone of the shooter. The reason? Encryption. While the brand of the smartphone was... Posted Nov 17 2017, 02:32 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, law, data at rest encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, personal information encryption, best encryption, government encryption, Android encryption, iPhone encryption, smartphone encryption, iPad encryption, MDM

• 47.5 GB of PHI Left Exposed on the Cloud. (That's 316,000 PDFs)

  According to gizmodo.com , security researchers at Kromtech Security Center found a wide-open Amazon Web Services (AWS) bucket that contained over 300,000 PDFs, each one a medical file that would fall under the governance of the Health Insurance Portability... Posted Oct 13 2017, 02:56 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: HIPAA, data security, law, computer data security, information security, file encryption, data at rest encryption, identity theft, cost of software security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, best encryption, medical data encryption, patient data encryption, government encryption, hospital encryption, cloud security, healthcare