The need for hard disk encryption and laptop data security

Ever leave your laptop alone on a table in a coffee shop...just for a second? It can happen anytime, anywhere. With more and more of your business, your information, and your life available in a digital file, the need for easy-to-implement hard disk encryption is greater than ever. Consider these recent cases:

An accounting firm that handles pension details for a large, multinational company loses the personal information for over 10,000 employees when they mail a CD-ROM between offices that is subsequently lost.
A scientist working for a research company downloads roughly 15 times more data than the second-most-active user and promptly submits his resignation. The value of the stolen downloaded data was roughly 400 million US dollars.
A US government agency discovers that an external hard drive containing personnel data is missing from a controlled area. Missing data affects all personnel hired over the course of two and a half years.

The more you know, more prepared you will be. Take advantage our information resources to stay up to date on today’s security issues:

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Preventing Online Identity Theft Using Advanced Password Protection and Encryption Software

Whether and organization or an individual, identity theft spells a long, expensive, and complex recovery process. However, online identity theft can be prevented with encryption software and advanced password protection.
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Disk Encryption and Advanced Password Protection: A Necessity for Financial Services Business of Any Size

The data security challenges for financial services providers—from the solo accounting professional to the midsize accounting firm to world’s largest corporation, from CPAs to CFPs to credit counselors—have never been as challenging as they are in today’s turbulent times. And although the large data breaches at the most recognizable companies receive the most publicity, small companies and solo offices can also be victims, according to the Better Business Bureau.
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Disk Encryption and Advanced Password Protection: A Necessity for Financial Services Enterprises

The data security challenges for financial enterprises have never been as challenging as they are in today’s turbulent times.
Not only must financial enterprises comply with regulations such as SOX, GBLA and PCI along with a multitude of state regulations concerning customer privacy and electronic data security, they must also guard against the staggering costs—both tangible and intangible—that a security breach can incur.
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The Need for Disk Encryption and Advanced Password Protection in Healthcare

The data security challenges in the healthcare industry have never been as challenging as they are today.
Not only must healthcare providers comply with HIPAA regulations concerning patient privacy and electronic data security, they must also guard against identity theft as well more complex scenarios of insurance data theft, medical identity theft and the adulteration of health records.
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