Years after Edward Snowden exposed the U.S. government’s online surveillance efforts, people have been clamoring for increased privacy. And to answer that call, developers have taken on the challenge of improving internet security. But despite the appeal for it and developers providing users with better options, consumers just aren’t biting. Not even the simplest of […]
Over the past few years, there have been a number of security breaches in financial services enterprises. And because of these, financial companies now face larger scrutiny in terms of the security of their respective networks. As they work to beef up their defenses and rebuild the fragmented trust of their customers, they’re now under […]
This week we learn an important lesson: Preventing a network breach is just as important as ensuring confidential internal documents are kept confidential. Gift cards valued at over $1 million have been canceled after a Woolworths staffer accidentally sent details of the cards to more than 1,000 people. Read more on this story here.
An Insurance Council study reveals most people do not believe New Zealand businesses are well prepared for hacking and keeping data secure. About 750 people were interviewed nationwide and just 21% of respondents were confident businesses were prepared. Insurance Council chief executive Tim Grafton estimated cyber-related crimes cost New Zealand more than $625 million a […]
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will place members within Interpol, Europol, and Pittsburgh’s National Centre of Cyber Training Alliance to help fight against cybercrime. The agency’s manager of Cyber Crime Operations, High Tech Crime Operations, commander Glen McEwan said the move follows Australia’s agreement to share certain information with international crime-fighting agencies to crack down […]
Sometimes resellers know best, as Imation’s Sven Radavics now knows. It was resellers who changed the way Imation looked at its IronKey Windows To Go devices as complementary rather than competitive to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). “When we started down this path and committed to the Windows To Go market and Microsoft technology, we spent […]
PC magazine says that while it may not be flashy, the Apricorn Aegis Padlock DT FIPS will provide you with the data security that is really important. “If data security is a concern, Apricorn’s Aegis Padlock DT FIPS is a 4-terabyte encrypted external hard drive with multiple layers of security and features that make it […]
Imation has announced its IronKey Secure USB devices are not vulnerable to BadUSB malware, the first USB malware designed to attack the device itself instead of attacking the data on the device. IronKey’s use of digital signatures in all controller firmware, makes its products immune to this new threat, the company said. What is BadUSB […]
Accounting Today’s Mark Cohn has given the new Apricorn Padlock DT external hard drive a thumbs up in his review of the device. “All in all, the drive provides good protection for files and helps keep them secure,” Cohn said in his review. Part of Apricorn’s Aegis line, the Padlock DT is designed for desktop use […]
Australia’s IT security professionals believe that protecting a company’s intellectual property is more important to executives than protecting their customers’ data, according to the findings of a new survey performed by the Ponemon Institute. The study, Exposing the Cybersecurity Cracks: Australia Part 2, found that despite the fact that there were more known data security […]
