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• 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

• US Court Says Border Searches Require "Suspicion"

  As many travellers may know, people at US borders are subject to an altered set of laws due to the fact that… well, a border is a border. This includes "pseudo-borders" like airports that may be located well within US soil. The most obvious... Posted May 18 2018, 02:58 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data encryption, mobile data security, data security, law, mobile data encryption, information security, endpoint security, data at rest encryption, password protection, hard disk encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, government encryption, Android encryption, iPhone encryption, Android protection, tablet security, tablet encryption, iPhone security, iPhone protection, tablet protection, smartphone protection, smartphone security, smartphone encryption, iPad security, iPad encryption, iPad protection

• 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

• FBI Unable to Access 7000 Encrypted Devices in 2017

  At the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference, held in Philadelphia last week, Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray noted that the FBI has nearly 7,000 encrypted devices it cannot access. Per the phillyvoice.com... Posted Oct 27 2017, 02:25 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, law, mobile data encryption, computer data security, information security, file encryption, data at rest encryption, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, government encryption, Android encryption, iPhone encryption, tablet encryption, smartphone encryption, iPad encryption, MDM

• Customs and Border Protection Admits They Cannot Search Remote Data

  Earlier this week, the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) responded to Senator Ron Wyden's inquiries regarding electronic device searches at US borders (more specifically, airports). As numerous media outlets have relayed, CBP "admitted"... Posted Jul 28 2017, 04:05 AM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: data encryption, device encryption, law, encrypted data, mobile data encryption, computer data security, data at rest encryption, encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, laptop encryption provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, government encryption, Android encryption, iPhone encryption, Android security, tablet security, tablet encryption, iPhone security, smartphone security, smartphone encryption, iPad security, iPad encryption, cloud security

• US Government Committee Concludes (Yet Again) That Encryption Backdoors Undesirable

  As the year draws to a close – and what a year! – we finally have some good, sensible news: the US government has found that "any measure that weakens encryption works against the national interest," and so encryption backdoors are an untenable... Posted Dec 29 2016, 05:27 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: law, file encryption, data at rest encryption, desktop encryption software, encryption law, encryption software provider, data security provider, encryption service provider, government encryption, iPhone encryption, smartphone encryption, iPad encryption