Tag Archives: Origin Storage

May
07

Laptop users need to raise their encryption game

The steady stream of advances in brute force decryption techniques – which started when Russia’s Elcomsoft released the first versions of its Password Recovery suite of `utilities’ around 18 months ago.. more
Apr
28

New Internal self encrypted drive to upgrade laptop security

Origin Storage, a leading manufacturer and distributor of IT storage solutions, has today announced the launch of Enigma SED. The self-encrypted drive (SED) is the first solution to provide companies of.. more
Mar
24

Origin Storage announces 1TB Data Locker

Origin Storage, a leading manufacturer and distributor of IT storage solutions, has today announced the arrival of their one terabyte (1TB) Data Locker. The Data Locker Secure Drive gives users peace.. more
Feb
22

Less internet and lower-technology could reduce company's risk profile

News that a report has classed Web 2.0 services a potentially severe security headache comes as no surprise to Origin Storage, the storage systems integration specialist. The Webroot report found that 23 per cent of respondents thought their company was vulnerable to attacks on Web.. more
Feb
04

Stolen Council Laptops Highlight Need For Multiple Layer Security

A consultant’s report on the theft of four laptops at St Albans council – in which the details of more than 14,500 postal voters went walkabout – has highlighted continuing lapses on the security front, says Origin Storage, the storage systems integration specialist. “The theft.. more
Jan
29

Importance of encryption highlighted by data privacy day

Thursday was international data privacy day and, says Origin Storage, the storage systems integration specialist, a report released to coincide with the campaign shows the need for best practices when it comes to digital data records. “The research, from Iron Mountain, found that 77 per.. more
Jan
21

Origin comments on Swiss Army encryption challenge

News that an encrypted swiss army knife from manufacturers Victorinox remained uncracked – and a $100,000 prize went unclaimed – at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month comes as no surprise, says Origin Storage. And, says Andy Cordial, managing director of the.. more
Jan
12

Portable data at risk: 768-bit RSA encryption cracked

Hard on the heels that the GSM A5/1 encryption system has been cracked comes reports that a second crypto system – 768-bit RSA – has now been hung out to dry using a cluster PC brute force approach. Weekend news that the 768-bit RSA encryption.. more
Dec
30

Origin comments on Kingston Datatraveler security flaws

Kingston Datatraveler security flaws highlight need for highest levels of encryption says Origin Storage. As Kingston Technologies has revealed several of its secure USB drives can be hacked by a skilled cracker, Origin Storage says that the situation is a classic illustration of the increasing.. more
Dec
29

Origin says MBNA laptop fiasco could easily have been avoided

Reports that a laptop containing the personal records of thousands of customers of MBNA Bank has been stolen mean that large numbers of the bank’s credit cardholders will now be spend a worrisome Christmas and New Year break, concerned about their identities getting stolen. And,.. more