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• Cost Of A Data Breach: Aon Sued For Delaware Breach, Probably Will Defend Successfully

  AON Corporation recently revealed that the details of 22,000 people were leaked, two weeks ago. I hadn't really covered it because it was not a situation where data protection, such as AlertBoot's drive encryption , would have helped: the information... Posted Sep 02 2010, 05:53 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data security, law, information security, identity theft, endpoint security breach, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, data security provider, breach notification

• Connecticut Personal Information Data Privacy Notification And Encryption Laws: Sec. 36a-701b

  Connecticut currently has a data breach notification law on its books. Like many states, the use of encryption tools, such as full disk encryption for laptop data protection, provides safe harbor from sending out notification letters in the event of a... Posted Sep 01 2010, 11:58 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, theft, data security, law, security, data theft prevention, encrypted data, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, encryption software, identity theft, endpoint security breach, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, best encryption

• Mercer Health and Benefits Lost Tape Affects 380,000? So Says Idaho Power

  Databreaches.net has a link to a FAQ created by Idaho Power, where it notes that employee information was breached when Mercer Health & Benefits lost a backup tape. The information on this tape was not protected with encryption , the same technology... Posted Aug 25 2010, 06:52 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, content encryption, data security, security, data theft prevention, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, endpoint security, file encryption, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, encryption software, backup tape encryption software, endpoint security breach, encryption software provider, data security provider, breach notification, encryption standard, file security, external drive encryption software, best encryption

• Lacking Data Encryption On Backup Tape Leads To £2.28 Million Fine

  The Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the UK has fined Zurich Insurance a whopping £2.28 million (US $3.5 million) for the loss of a backup tape in 2008. It was revealed that data encryption was not used to protect the contents of the tape. 46,000... Posted Aug 24 2010, 10:41 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, data security, security, data theft prevention, computer data security, information security, secure digital assets, endpoint security, prevent data leakage, data at rest encryption, encryption software, identity theft, backup tape encryption software, endpoint security breach, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, media encryption and protection, file security, personal information encryption, bank data encryption

• Data Security And Breach Notification Act Of 2010

  As healthleadersmedia.com notes, a data breach notification bill has been proposed by Senators Pryor (D-AR) and Rockefeller (D-WV). The wording is similar to existing state and federal legislation concerning breach notification, including safe harbor... Posted Aug 20 2010, 05:23 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, data security, data theft prevention, encrypted data, computer data security, information security, endpoint security, encryption software, identity theft, encrypted notebook, endpoint security breach, cost of software security breaches, cost of computer security breach, cost of endpoint security breaches, cost of lost laptops, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, breach notification, personal information encryption, best encryption

• Disk Encryption Software: Ontario UHN Patient Details Stolen, Privacy Commissioner Angry

  The Ontario Privacy Commissioner reportedly hit the roof after finding out that a patient data breach was not reported to her office, learning of the situation via the local news instead. If you have a data breach, even more important than ensuring that... Posted Aug 10 2010, 08:40 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: device encryption, hard drive encryption, endpoint security, usb drive encryption, usb port control, drive encryption, encryption software, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, usb port security software, usb port blocking, usb port security, usb port control software, endpoint security breach, encryption law, usb device security, usb device protection, encrypt usb key, encryption software provider, media encryption and protection, file security, external drive encryption software, patient data encryption