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Jump Drive Encryption Software: Canyons School District Loses USB With Info On 6,000.

New School District Who’s To Blame? Who’s To Blame, Really? The Canyons School District officials in Utah have announced the loss of a USB jump drive that contained the information of 6,000 employees.  The lost information includes addresses, phone numbers, DoBs, and Social Security numbers.  It has not been mentioned whether the jump drive’s contents […] read more

Hard Disk Encryption Not Used On Springfield Alternative School Laptops?.

The Keifer Alternative School in Springfield, Ohio is informing parents that ten laptop computers were stolen from school grounds on June 30.  While the laptops did contain some sensitive data, it seems to have been relegated to information tied to students’ disabilities.  The school has noted that Social Security numbers were not stored on these […] read more

Drive Encryption Software: Because Laptops Are Sometimes Stolen While You’re Typing On Them.

It doesn’t happen often, but once in a while you’ll read stories on how laptop computers were stolen right out of a victim’s hands.  Which is why you want to make sure any sensitive data is protected via full disk encryption or some other similar method before you’re relieved of it.  Take Jesse Phoutthaphaphone, from […] read more

CD Encryption And DVD Encryption Done Right – An Example.

The loss of a CD (or its larger-capacity counterpart, the DVD) need not turn into a data breach if the correct security measures are in place.  What are those security measures?  There are several of them (don’t lose the CD to begin with, is one), but the use of CD encryption software is of importance […] read more

Drive Encryption Software Still Not Deployed Across All State Department Laptops.

According to a report by the Inspector General for the Department of State, half of the laptops issued at the State Department are not encrypted, and eight percent of them cannot be accounted for.  More problematic is that the State Department had issued its own mandate to have all of their laptops secured with laptop […] read more

Disk Encryption Software: Bord Gais Figures Corrected To 100,000.

The Irish Gas Board (Bord Gais) has revised their figures of customers affected in the laptop data breach from June.  If you’ll recall, the theft of four laptops–with one of them containing sensitive and financial information, but not protected via data encryption–have led to the loss of customer information. Initially, it was announced to have […] read more

Drive Encryption Software Matters: Working At Home Can Eventually Cause Data Breach.

Another article, this time from the irishtimes.com, shows how second-hand hard drives sold on on-line auction sites contain enough information to make identity thieves very happy. A twist on this particular story, however, is that these drives are being traced back to employees who work at home on their personal computers (personal as in the […] read more