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Q&A: Indiana University's key to safeguarding confidential data
Like most state universities, Indiana University maintains large volumes of sensitive information, including healthcare data, social security numbers and financial data. As faculty, students and
Researchers get around BitLocker, TPM combination
Microsoft BitLocker drive encryption is found in the Enterprise and Ultimate version of Windows Vista and Windows 7. The technology was designed to encrypt the entire hard disk, protecting the
Check that address before sending an email
Everyone has sent off an email to the wrong person. After all, we're all human and make mistakes. But it's time to rethink how quickly you may shoot off an email, IM or tweet because if it's sent to
Misdirected spyware infects hospital, man charged
It began as a private act of mischief, to spy on an ex-girlfriend, but now 38-year-old Scott Graham of Avon Lake, Ohio, is set to plead guilty to federal charges. The original idea was simple enough:
Companies look to stop leaks to bloggers
Companies are grappling with growing disclosure of sensitive or confidential information by employees who are either posting information online or leaking it to bloggers. A recent survey conducted by
IBM develops new data-masking technology
IBM researchers in Israel have developed new data-masking technology that filters sensitive data from unauthorized viewers before it reaches their computer screens, according to an article in
Security guard at hospital hacks computer system
The FBI has arrested a man on charges of felony computer intrusion after coming across videos of his shenanigans--on YouTube. Jess William McGraw apparently took up a job as a security guard at the
Can your former workers be trusted?
The numbers are quite disturbing, and should be sobering for CIOs whose operations have been hit hard by the economic downturn. A recent survey by the Ponemon Institute found an alarming degree of
When a company folds, who guards the data?
The economy is casting many companies by the wayside, and raising concerns that electronic records with personal and confidential data are not being protected. "Certain companies have been disposing
Beware of laid off and fired workers
A survey of 945 individuals who were laid off, fired or quit their jobs in the past 12 months found that 59 percent admitted stealing company data and 67 percent said they used their former company's
