UCSF Risk Management and Insurance Services (RMIS) office has partnered with UCSF Enterprise Information Security (EIS) to offer an additional incentive to better protect laptops. During this year’s ...

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary R. James Nicholson Monday has announced that all VA computers throughout the agency will be upgraded with enhanced data security encryption systems beginning ...

I was looking into data encryption, since I got a new laptop and I am afraid of losing it, or it getting stolen. I want encryption so that if that does happen they can’t get my data, or make it ...

The threat is a big one. An estimated 750,000 laptops were stolen last year, up from 600,000 in 2003, according to Absolute Software, a maker of tools to retrieve lost or stolen laptops. The threat of ...

Companies relying on self-encrypting drives (SEDs) to secure data stored on their employees’ laptops should be aware that this technology is not immune to attack and should carefully consider whether ...

I was considering purchasing hard drive encryption software for our consultants' laptops in case they were lost or stolen. Does anyone have any recommendations or tips on what to look for in a good ...

Losing your laptop can be expensive in three ways. First, you’ll spend hundreds or thousands of dollars to replace the hardware. Second, you’ll suffer the time and aggravation of restoring your data, ...

To ensure that data is kept safe and secure, all new computers are delivered with full disk encryption enabled, and computers in use prior to the data encryption initiative will be manually encrypted ...

With the frequency and severity of malware attacks growing practically every day, the files and folders on our computers have never been more at risk. Sure, there have been solutions for strong ...

Case study: Swiss Re encrypts hard drives on 4,500 laptops Insurance giant Swiss Re is encrypting the hard disks on 4,500 laptops in a bid to boost security. The company - which occupies the famous ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid ...

With major data breaches occurring on a regular basis, encryption vendors are going into hyperdrive, touting the need for their products. However, encryption is only one aspect of protecting your ...