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• Laptop Encryption Software: What Exactly Are You Protecting Against? Applying Some Thought

  Sometimes I read stories like the one below, and can only click my tongue tsk, tsk. While data security doesn't require a graduate degree, it does require some thought. I often mention this when blogging about data encryption software , but sometimes... Posted Aug 30 2010, 08:59 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, mobile data encryption, laptop security, drive encryption, disk encryption, hard disk encryption, notebook encryption, notebook protection software, notebook data protection, mobile hdd encryption, laptop data security, hdd encryption software, laptop hdd encryption, laptop encryption provider

• Hard Drive Encryption: Yorkshire Building Society Laptop Loss Snafu Involves Multiple Errors

  A laptop belonging to Yorkshire Building Society shows classic signs of terrible approaches to information security: lack of disk encryption software , passwords being written down and kept with the laptop , and more data than necessary stored in the... Posted Aug 26 2010, 06:04 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: device encryption, computer data security, laptop security, encryption software, notebook drive encryption, notebook data encryption, encrypted notebook, notebook encryption, encryption software on notebook, notebook file encryption, encrypted notebook software, notebook protection software, notebook data protection, laptop data security, laptop hdd encryption, securing corporate laptops, laptop encryption provider, encryption service provider, bank data encryption

• Data Encryption Software: 12-Character Passwords Now The Standard For Security

  Scientists at Georgia Tech are recommending that passwords be no shorter than 12-characters long. I can think of at least one exception to this recommendation when it comes to laptop encryption software ; however, it would behoove most to follow the recommendation... Posted Aug 23 2010, 10:09 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: full disk encryption, data security, hard drive encryption, computer data security, secure digital assets, endpoint security, laptop security, file encryption, prevent data leakage, password protection, hard disk encryption, safe notebook, laptop security software, hdd encryption software, data security provider, best encryption

• Laptop Encryption Software: U Of Kentucky Laptop Stolen From Newborn Program (Update)

  A laptop computer, without full disk encryption to protect the contents, was stolen from a University of Kentucky Healthcare department. Over 2000 people have been notified. UK HealthCare Breach A laptop computer that was used at the UK Department of... Posted Aug 23 2010, 04:54 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: HIPAA, laptop encryption, whole disk encryption, secure digital assets, laptop security, prevent data leakage, laptop safe, laptop encryption solution, laptop security software, laptop data security, laptop hdd encryption, laptop encryption provider, medical data encryption, patient data encryption

• Disk Encryption: Cook County Patients In Breach, Laptop Stolen

  A laptop computer with information on 7,000 patients was stolen from locked office. It sounds like hard disk encryption was not used to protect the contents of the laptop. However, encryption may not have been necessary in this case, seeing how the information... Posted Aug 20 2010, 07:37 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: HIPAA, laptop encryption, laptop security, data at rest encryption, laptop safe, laptop encryption solution, laptop security software, laptop data security, laptop hdd encryption, securing corporate laptops, laptop encryption provider, medical data encryption, patient data encryption

• Hard Disk Encryption Not Used On Missing Yale Medical Laptop

  Yale School of Medicine has announced that 1,000 people have had their clinical information breached. A laptop computer was stolen from the office of a data analyst. It was pointed out that the computer made use of password-protection but not drive encryption... Posted Aug 18 2010, 07:22 PM by sang_lee with | with no comments Filed under: HIPAA, mobile data security, whole disk encryption, laptop security, prevent data leakage, notebook drive encryption, notebook data encryption, notebook file encryption, laptop data security, laptop hdd encryption, persistent encryption, laptop encryption provider, medical data encryption, patient data encryption