Posts Tagged ‘Encryption’

There’s an interesting article in the October issue of the Economist that spotlights the challenges that large enterprise has to manage the use of technology in their workforce. It paints an interesting – albeit somewhat disturbing — picture of the state of technology at work today. The days of corporate-wide devices and programs [...]

90% of businesses will experience a data loss within their first 5 years.
Ouch.
That’s called the school of hard-knocks. New businesses are so singularly focused on growth, that sometimes they overlook the insurance they need to maintain it in the event of a disaster. A significant data loss can derail any business, especially [...]

If you’re thinking, “No one would want my company information, we’re never going to be a target of a hacker,” you’ll need to get your head examined and prepare for the worst. Hackers are attacking everyone from the little mommy bloggers to the US Government’s top information technology provider.
It’s no longer about IF you get [...]

With the recent news about hacked systems Lockheed Martin and RSA, and given these organizations’ apparent sophistication, it is clear that it’s time for all of us to review the security of our IT systems. Small businesses are not nearly as interesting to high-end hackers, but the threat comes from many sources and is still quite [...]

Everyday people are becoming more and more digital from photos, scanned documents for paperless offices and computer files, our appetite for electronic mediums is growing by leaps and bounds. And with that growth is an ever growing importance protecting that information. Businesses can be destroyed by natural disaster if an appropriate means of backing up [...]

Access control permits or denies a user access to information, systems or resources. It allows an organization to effectively manage, track and audit disclosure of information.
What are the primary objectives of access controls?
Access control maintains and safeguards confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, systems and resources:

Global Data Vault announces the next generation in disaster recovery solutions: Advanced Data Protection, which combines backup and failover delivered remotely as a service, at a break-through price.

Dr. Arquilla makes that case that “we should be putting an end to our primary reliance on firewalls.”