identity theft

FIRE DRILL! How secure are your files?

May 21, 2008

Imagine any of the following scenarios: You returned to your office this morning to find it had burned to the ground overnight. You cannot salvage anything but a few crispy bits of your pencil sharpener. Someone swiped your laptop on the train this morning while you were on your way to work. Nobody seems to [...]

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Another reason why data encryption is a must for laptops and all portable information

December 28, 2007

According to the Star Tribune, detailed personal information for 257 people, including social security numbers, was on a laptop stolen about three weeks ago. The laptop belonged to a vendor, Promissor Corp., who apparently does not observe the basic security precaution of encrypting information on portable computers and drives. I bet that would have been [...]

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Laptop with personal data of all 64,000 Ohio State employees stolen

June 16, 2007

This is why you need to encrypt your client files. If the data on that hard drive was encrypted, rather than sitting out there for anyone to see, the headline might have been entirely different. All the thief would be able to see would be a file, partition, or drive full of gobbledygook (that’s a [...]

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