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Privacy and data protection

• December 10, 2006 10 Dec'06

  Zantaz buys data classification partner Singlecast

  Email archiving player Zantaz has purchased data classification startup Singlecast, which can categorise and apply policies to data before an email takes up storage space.

• December 10, 2006 10 Dec'06

  Messaging insecurity fuels data leakage fears

  Special Report: The proliferation of messaging technology means more opportunity for malware to take root and sensitive data to be lifted.

• November 06, 2006 06 Nov'06

  How to manage encryption keys

  Encryption is an effective way to secure data, but the encryption keys used must be carefully managed to ensure data remains protected and accessible when needed.

• August 30, 2006 30 Aug'06

  Survey: Data breaches difficult to spot, prevent

  IT pros worry that false positives and a lack of resources are preventing them from blocking data breaches

• August 30, 2006 30 Aug'06

  Malware database access sparks debate

  Should an emerging database of more than 300,000 malware samples remain a walled community for trusted users, or is open access the best way to fight off digital desperados?

• August 29, 2006 29 Aug'06

  AT&T breach affects 19,000 customers

  Online outlaws hacked into an AT&T computer system and stole credit card data on thousands of customers. AT&T has offered to pay for credit monitoring services for those affected.

• August 24, 2006 24 Aug'06

  What is the most important aspect of data protection when it comes to DR?

  You could answer that with one word really, and I would have to say "testing." Just "testing." Whatever you do when you're protecting data, whether it's a backup, whether it's replication, whatever it is, make sure that you test what you put in ...

• August 24, 2006 24 Aug'06

  Aren't backups and archives essentially the same thing?

  The answer to that can be a "yes" and "no." If we look at a very high level, a copy of data is a copy of data, and that's where a lot of people confuse both as being somewhat the same -- one copy is just kept longer. When we start digging into what ...

• August 24, 2006 24 Aug'06

  Cisco patches flaws in multiple products

  Attackers could corrupt files, cause a denial of service and bypass security restrictions via flaws in several of Cisco's firewall and VPN products.

• August 20, 2006 20 Aug'06

  AOL data spill leads to dismissals, resignation

  AOL has fired two employees and its CTO has left the company after search data from 658,000 customers was accidentally exposed earlier this month.

• July 14, 2006 14 Jul'06

  CSI survey: Data breaches still being swept under the rug

  The annual CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey shows companies are reporting fewer financial losses from data breaches. That doesn't mean the good guys are winning.

• November 14, 2005 14 Nov'05

  Hackers installing keyloggers at a record rate

  iDefense researchers have found that keylogger infections are up 65% over the year before, putting the private data of tens of millions of users at risk.

• November 10, 2005 10 Nov'05

  Security Bytes: FTC cracks down on alleged spyware distributors

  Patches fix serious RealPlayer flaws, IM malcode launches phishing attacks; Microsoft warns of Macromedia Flash flaw; Liberty Alliance pushes stronger authentication; FEMA data security is in question; patches fix Veritas flaws and TransUnion ...

• September 22, 2005 22 Sep'05

  Who best to avert data security disaster: government or business?

  People look to government to prevent catastrophe. But in the Information Age, some of those people, namely those working in IT shops, need to do their part to protect us.

• September 20, 2005 20 Sep'05

  Insider threat seen as biggest data security issue

  Whether they oversee physical or online defenses, security officers say the disaster scenario that scares them most begins with an insider with malicious intentions.

• August 26, 2005 26 Aug'05

  High profile breach brings security to top of agenda

  There’s nothing like an apparent breach at a global company to concentrate the mind when it comes to information and data security.

• August 10, 2005 10 Aug'05

  Strategic Storage: Storage security -- Change old habits and stop data theft

• July 21, 2005 21 Jul'05

  Sarbox draining corporate security budgets

  Corporate investment to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley data security legislation has come at the expense of dealing with other security threats, according to the Information Security Forum (ISF).

• February 24, 2005 24 Feb'05

  Security Bytes: Cisco patch available for ACNS flaws

  Workaround outlined for new php exploit. IBM issues patch for DB2 flaw. Payroll service goes offline to investigate security claims , and BoA loses personal data on customers.

• January 10, 2005 10 Jan'05

  Security Bytes: George Mason U. hacked; new Trojans on the loose

  Hackers steal personal data of more than 30,000 members of George Mason University. Two new Trojans emerge. BMC Software buys a Parisian company.

• May 16, 2004 16 May'04

  Consequences of Cisco source code theft unclear

  Opinions are divided on the impact of stolen data now circulating on the Internet.