Tag Archives: encryption

Jul
10

Credant warns firms to encrypt customer data

Security specialist Credant Technologies has reminded all firms that store customer details to ensure that they encrypt data. Credant issued the warning following reports that the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has.. more
Mar
31

Hay Group Chooses SanDisk Flash Drives

SanDisk Corporation has announced that Hay Group, a global management consultancy, has selected SanDisk’s Cruzer Enterprise secure USB flash drives and Central Management & Control (CMC) software to help protect confidential.. more
Mar
20

Data leaks and losses threaten businesses says Check Point

Even after record year for data leaks, data encryption deployments by UK organisations have increased by just 1% since November 07 Continue reading →
Feb
04

Yasni research highlights case for encryption

Research just released, which shows that 83 per cent of people use their date of birth, maiden or pet name as a security password for e-banking or email accounts, strengthens the case for the use of encryption on company data of all types, says Credant.. more
May
16

Cellcrypt hypes ultra-secure mobile calls

UK stealth modemarket entrant, Cellcrypt, has begun touting an innovative encryption system that attempts to resolve a security dilemma most companies would rather avoid – insecure mobile phone calls. Cellcrypt claim that governments and large companies in the financial sector have become progressively more anxious.. more
Mar
13

Encryption server pledges automatic security

The difficulty with file encryption is that users fail to remember to use it. A new server-based system from Applied Security asserts it can eliminate that impediment by handing the decision to encrypt data back to concerned administrators. The company’s newly-launched fideAS file enterprise software.. more
Feb
22

Hard drive encryption not secure

Encrypting your laptop’s hard drive does not maintain safe data, according to researchers at Princeton University. They’ve revealed a method to appropriate the hard drive encryption key used by products such as Windows Vista’s BitLocker or Apple’s FileVault. With that key, hackers could get admittance.. more
Feb
14

Encryption May Increase Vulnerability, Experts Caution

The employment of data encryption could render organisations susceptible to new dangers and threats, a panel of security experts warned today. Numerous organisations are encrypting their stored data to alleviate fears regarding data theft or loss for instance, US compulsory disclosure laws on data breaches.. more
Jan
30

IBM Embarking on Asset Encryption

In providing 355,000 employees with PGP’s whole-disk encryption to ensure data confidentiality, IBM is embarking on an enormous rollout of desktop and laptop encryption. Although IBM already uses encryption in areas of its organisation, predominantly with Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions encryption in Lotus Notes,.. more
Jan
29

Encryption Order on M&S Laptops

Following the theft last May of an unencrypted laptop which contained the personal information of 26,000 M&S employees, the Information Commissioner’s Office have given Marks & Spencer two months to encrypt all its laptop hard drives. The laptop, which was stolen from the home of.. more