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A Single Europe for Data Protection?
2008-07-15 02:00:00 Last Friday I spent the morning in the company of a lawyer from a top international law firm. Once we'd marvelled that the sun had finally deemed to make an appearance over the grey skies of London, our conversation turned to the rather weightier subject of data privacy. We've been doing a lot of work around using ISO27002 as a framework best practice in developing and deploying a robust information security strategy. As part of that work, I and my "Evangelist" colleagues have taken a stab at mapping various regulations against this "gold standard" in order to help customers understand where overlaps, or indeed gaps, may occur between these various regs...
Data Protection and Accessibility with Tilana Reserve
2008-05-26 05:56:00 Quick and reliable exchange and storage of information is now necessary for any business who strives to be competitive in a stiffer market competition. They cannot lax. While remote web access and mobile remote file access are commonplace, there is still a need to only rely on a credible utility provided by Tilana. They will not only provide you the access you need where and when you need it, but they will also provide continuous data protection to safeguard the integrity of your data. Tilana is a SanDiego based IT company whose being managed by experienced software engineers and professionals. They in fact, "?solves the universal problem of digital content management, through continuous real time data protection and synchronization. ? Moreover, "? present the otherwise unavailable combination of true real time CDP, permanent archival, sync, remote and mobile data access, and version history as a single balanced, quickly deployed, versatile, and extensible online CDP data pr...
Boffin breaches Data Protection Act and gets embroiled in family drama
2008-05-16 12:57:00 Lancaster University reprimanded its head of economics professor Geraint Johnes for breaching data protection rules by telling a concerned mother about h
cPanel Partners with R1Soft to Offer Continuous Data Protection for Web Hos
2008-05-15 23:37:00 cPanel, a leader in hosting automation software, announced today it has partnered with R1Soft, a developer of Continuous Data Protection products for Linux and Windows, to offer its data protection solution to users of the cPanel/WHM hosting control panel system
Thousands Hit By Breaches Of Data
2008-03-12 13:10:00 Let’s face it. It has been a bad year in the UK for data loss. The BBC inestigative journos have uncovered reams of incidents where data was lost, stolen or otherwise compromised. From BBC: In November 2005 a problem with the staff intranet at Comhairle nan Eileann Siar (Western Isles Council) meant National Insurance, bank details and ...
R1Soft Offers Limited-Time Continuous Data Protection Starter Pack
2008-02-29 17:24:00 R1Soft, a developer of near-continuous data protection products for Linux and Windows, today introduced a limited-time CDP Starter Pack, designed to attract new users to the innovative data protection solution.
Government Conclusion: Irish Bloodbank Did Not Breach Data Protection Act B
2008-02-28 07:38:00 Irish Blood Transfusion Services did not breach the Data Protection Act when their donors? information got stolen earlier this month. Or rather, when the laptop containing their donors? information was stolen. The Data Protection Commission found ??that the encryption in place on the laptop was sufficient to ensure that there is only the remotest of possibilities of access taking place to the personal data in question.? Plus, they also investigated to make sure that the usernames and passwords to decipher the encrypted information was not stolen along with the laptop. Veryfing that the keys were not, say, written to a post-it and stuck to the bottom of the device, I assume. So, how remote are the possibilities of someone breaking the encryption? Well, it depends on two factors: the strength of the encryption key itself and the strength of the passwords. The encryption key is what is actually used to scramble the information on the laptop.&nbs...
R1Soft Introduces Hosting Partner Program for Continuous Data Protection So
2008-02-25 16:27:00 R1Soft, a developer of Continuous Data Protection(R) products for Linux and Windows, today introduced its Hosting Partner Program, R1HPP, allowing R1Soft partners to take advantage of volume discounts, automatic 50% off MySQL add-ons, professional public relations services and a variety of brandable marketing materials.
Does your PC have Data Protection and Backup Utility??
2008-02-02 21:23:00 Have you experienced a moment of frantic when suddenly your laptop or PC crashes on you and it's not coming up again?? You were in the middle of some project, and your machine suddenly dies on you, you sit there staring at a blank screen, tapping the laptop(like its an old analog TV), moving your mouse all around, and re-starting the machine as the last attempt, frustrated that all your unsaved precious data is gone for good?? Well, if you haven't experienced this yet, thank the lord and at least try to imagine such a scenario, for that would open your eyes to the fact that Data Backup is extremely important in today's high-tech world!I recently came across Tilana Reserves which offers such a facility, and is among the newest and most progressive answers to the problem of data protection and management. As a fully managed turnkey CDP (continuous data protection) solution for SMB and home PC users, it stands virtually alone in a fragmented market mostly occupied by old-fashioned b...
Facebook questioned over data protection
2008-01-22 06:56:00 The social networking website Facebook is to be questioned by the information watchdog about how it handles people’s personal data. The move by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) comes after a user of the popular site complained he could not fully delete his profile after he had closed his account. Currently, users who wish to ...
Busting The 10 Myths About Data Protection
2008-01-14 03:58:00 Here is an interesting article from CIO: Data breaches happen all the time in industries ranging from retail to government. Protecting data is a key concern for CIOs, but there are a lot of misconceptions about data protection. Here we’ll debunk some of the myths and explain best practices for protecting data without impeding daily business ...
2007 worst ever year for data protection
2008-01-07 13:43:00 Data on 37 million Brits mislaid By John Oates → More by this author Published Monday 7th January 2008 12:04 GMT Last year was the worst ever for data losses in the UK, with almost 37 million people having their private data compromised. The government’s loss of 25 million child benefit records was the largest single screw-up, but other government departments and private companies played their part too. The figures were compiled by the Lib Dems, and party leader leader Nick Clegg said the problems showed the need for a rethink on data protection legislation, as well as calling for the immediate end to the ID card project. Clegg said: “The ID card project is now in freefall, because faith in the Government’s ability to handle personal data has hit crisis point. “There is simply no way that any democratic government can expect an unwilling public to accept having their precious personal data cropped and stored in the world’s largest database when they a...
2007 worst ever year for data protection
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PC BackUp - 06020 - The most powerful, yet easy to use, data protection and
2007-12-31 07:21:00 PC Backup is the most powerful, yet easy to use, data protection and disaster recovery solution for a single computer or peer-to-peer network. Peer-to-peer data protection support and scheduling ensure comprehensive protection.
Data Protection Is The Law In Oregon At The Turn Of The Year: Data Encrypti
2007-12-28 05:48:00 The associated Oregon senate bill, The Oregon Identity Theft Protection Act (SB 583), is surprisingly short but to the point?and extremely readable. It feels like someone other than lawyers wrote it up. It also seems to build on past legislation already in place for personal data protection. For example, those who are already in compliance with HIPAA would also be in compliance with SB 583. The former may carry a tag of ?96 (as in, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), but eleven years later, the concept on how to protect someone?s information hasn?t changed; it?s the implementation that had to catch up. And catch up it did. There are numerous regulations in HIPAA for protecting patient information, including what people have termed ?shoulder surfing,? the act of getting information by looking over someone?s shoulder. Back in 1996, there was no method to prevent that unless you had a wall against your back. An...
2 Years Following Major Privacy Breach, Bahamas Puts Up Data Protection Web
2007-12-16 20:17:00 Realtime IT Compliance – A couple of years ago I finally took my family on a vacation to the Bahamas after not going on any type of vacation for several years. Five months later I learned…from my friends and not from the hotel…that a major breach occurred at the hotel the credit card files for tens of thousands of their customers had been compromised. I never did get a notification of the breach from the hotel. However, I did confirm … read more
Better data protection 'required'
2007-12-07 11:26:00 Better data protection 'required'The government needs to ensure greater protection for people's personal information, a think-tank warns.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/-rss/-/1/hi/uk/7131980.stm
CBI slams government record on data protection and other employment law bre
2007-12-04 09:39:00 Business leaders have told the government to get its own house in order before subjecting firms to dawn raids and huge fines over data security and work permits. Employers' group the CBI scoffed at suggestions that private
Data Protection for the ordinary individual
2007-12-03 04:21:00 The technology needed to prevent loss of data has been around for some time but it has been hard to set up and manage, and this has limited use mainly to the federal government and industries with stringent security needs, such as health care and finance. The game is changing with the availability of easier-to-use ...
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Data protection minister Michael Wills knew nothing of missing discs.
2007-11-26 20:07:00 The Data protection minister Michael Wills claims he knew nothing of missing discs until Alistair Darling made his statement in the House of Commons. BE WARNED, THIS IS NOT A JOKE, THERE WILL BE NO PUNCHLINE!Mr Wills told the joint committee on human rights: "I'm afraid I learnt about it when I heard the statement in the House of Commons". He also claimed that he was unaware of any of the other recent security failures. The Earl of Onslow asked: "So there are lots of leaks and you know nothing about it - and you're minister for data protection?"SEE, I TOLD YOU, IT'S NO JOKE.
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Military grade data protection with the IronKey
2007-11-13 09:27:00 Flash drives are great for storing large amounts of data in such a small physical space, but what if yours were to fall in to the wrong hands? Would your data be protected? Their small size makes them a very easy target for data thieves. If you want the ultimate in data protection then look ...
Continuing TJX Legal Saga Further Highlights Need For Data Protection And E
2007-10-27 05:26:00 TJX is back in the news, and in a big way. The reason for the brouhaha is the new estimated number of credit card accounts compromised when TJX security was breached last year. The new number is 94 million, double the original TJX estimates of 46 million, as reported in a court filing. The new estimate was provided by the bank group that is suing TJX in order to recoup costs involving the notification and issuance of new credit cards for affected customers. In light of the above, obviously a lot of people are asking if the new estimate is real, or if it has been inflated in order to induce a bigger, and faster, settlement. I guess there is an incentive to inflate it, but at the same time people have multiple credit card numbers. Perhaps TJX is consolidating some of their findings based on the number of people affected, whereas the Bank group is reporting a pure number of accounts affected? Anyway, most commentators don?t seem to know what t...
Data Protection: Need, Right, And Time Should Be Extended To Mobile Devices
2007-10-24 06:43:00 In a Government Technology article, an argument is made that access to data should be granted on a need, right, and time basis. Now, this is not a new argument, and it was directed to securing databases and their contents. The argument is that not everyone needs to have access to information on a database or databases. Obviously, depending on one?s seniority and ranking within an organization as well as type of job one holds, the type of information that one should have access to will differ; the higher in the hierarchy, the more information one needs to access. Along with the need, the right to access information is to be considered as well. In fact, some would argue that the need and the right to access information are intertwined, and are not to be considered on a separate basis. The third criterion, time, is meant to curtail access to the data as necessary. If an employee always works from nine to five, there is no reason why he should...
System Center Data Protection Manager 2007 - Evaluation Software
2007-10-05 17:02:00 DPM protects Windows® data by continuously capturing data changes with application-aware byte- and block-level agents, providing an easy-to-manage and robust disk/tape data protection solution, and one-click lossless application recovery. DPM enables ...
Data Protection & Synchronization
2007-10-02 05:37:00 With the latest problems on my computer, I’m always thinking about making sure I have backups of all of my files, especially my pictures. I’ve mentioned other backup solutions, but this one is very new to me. Tilana will let you synchronize files, folders and even deletions on multiple computers. All of this is done automatically! ...
Data Protection Law in India: The Reality
2007-09-26 20:59:00 Data Protection is an important offshoot of ?Privacy Rights? that is enforced under both the Constitutional Provisions as well as under various Statutory Provisions contained in different statutes. We have both ?Privacy Rights? as well as ?Data Protection Laws in India?. Till now it was firmly believed that there were no privacy rights against ?Private ...
Ensuring Data Protection
2007-09-22 09:36:00 All of us require computers be it for personal use or work, or for some commercial purpose. For the same reason, it is important to take precautions because data is prone to leakage. The situation is most risky when you use the Internet as well.Think about what you experience when you lose important data. You cannot even sleep properly if your data is lost. It is thus essential to have regular backups done.Nobody wants their personal and confidential information to be disclosed over the Internet but unfortunately with the growing use of computers these days, data is no longer secure. The size of your organization or business is hardly a concern. It doesn't matter if you are using your computer at home or in office. The only concern is data protection. It is a great challenge in itself to protect confidential data. It is also important to be aware of what exactly are the reasons behind these data loss.Various tools are available in the market these days in order to protect your valu...
Steganos - Data Protection Software for your Privacy
2007-09-19 18:06:00 With a 96% share of the market, Steganos is the leader for consumer encryption software in Germany (according to GfK, a German market research company). Steganos products have been used by millions of security-conscious users worldwide since 1997. Innovations such as the world’s first commercial steganographic software (data is hidden in images or music) or the ...
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EU Data Protection Directive 9546EC: Member Countries
2007-08-22 20:12:00 Realtime IT Compliance – Multi-national organizations doing business in Europe must know and understand not only their obligations to protect personally identifiable information (PII) under the European Union (EU) Data Protection Directive 95/45/EC, but they must also know and understand the data protection laws within each of the EU member countries. ... read more
USB Disc Destroying Gadget Offers the Ultimate in Data Protection
2007-08-22 19:17:00 Your data is a potential gold mine should it fall into the wrong hands and whilst you may well shred your paper documents what about any CD or DVD based data you may wish to dispose of? One possible solution is to smash the disc manually though, having tried that ourselves, take it from us that you run the risk having shards of plastic embedding themselves in your hands. A much safer and practical solution comes in the form of this USB powered CD DVD destroying gadget that will ensure that your data is wholly unreadable before being disposed of. The CD Destroyer works by scratching a circular patter deep into the surface of CDs and DVDs to render them unreadable and can safely reduce a data disc into nothing more functional than a coaster in only five seconds. Designed to sit conveniently on your desk the CD Destroyer even comes with a leather case allowing you to pack it into a case or work bag and with its lifetime stated to run to the ruination of up to 100,000 discs you can be ...
USB Disc Destroying Gadget Offers the Ultimate in Data Protection
2007-08-22 19:17:00 Your data is a potential gold mine should it fall into the wrong hands and whilst you may well shred your paper documents what about any CD or DVD based data you may wish to dispose of? One possible solution is to smash the disc manually though, having tried that ourselves, take it from us that you run the risk having shards of plastic embedding themselves in your hands. A much safer and practical solution comes in the form of this USB powered CD DVD destroying gadget that will ensure that your data is wholly unreadable before being disposed of. The CD Destroyer works by scratching a circular patter deep into the surface of CDs and DVDs to render them unreadable and can safely reduce a data disc into nothing more functional than a coaster in only five seconds. Designed to sit conveniently on your desk the CD Destroyer even comes with a leather case allowing you to pack it into a case or work bag and with its lifetime stated to run to the ruination of up to 100,000 discs you can be ...
Cartika Hosting Datacenter, Deploys R1Soft Continuous Data Protection
2007-07-11 19:25:00 Ontario, Canada - (The Web Hosting Blog) - July 11, 2007 - Web hosting company, Cartika Hosting, has introduced continuous data protection, through an R1Soft licensing agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Cartika Hosting will provide the backup service to all customers ...
Soighoian Weighs In: Is Facebook Violating EU Data Protection Rules?
2007-06-27 03:52:00 Chris Soghoian weighs in on Facebook and it’s privacy. Using nothing more complex than an advanced search on Facebook’s website, an interested person can learn extremely private pieces of information (sexuality, political leanings, religion) that are stored within another user’s private Facebook profile. Users of Facebook can modify the privacy settings for their profile. This will restrict ...
MasterCard SDP - Site Data Protection
2007-06-13 21:45:00 This includes the consumer who is purchasing with Mastercard, the business owner who is conducting the transaction, and the third party processors who are making the transaction a success. Mastercard SDP ensures that the transactions are conducted in the highest safety possible, and ensure that all credit card information is encrypted and kept confidential. Mastercard SDP will help protect the vital information pertaining to the credit card holder and lower the chances of phishing or credit card fraudulent activity.The Mastercard Company itself takes Mastercard security very seriously. In fact, they feel that if you, as a merchant or business, accept Mastercard payments, then you are in fact partly responsible for maintaining SDP security. It is the business owner’s responsibility to maintain a high degree of security as well. SDP security is essential to making your business a success. If you don’t provide your customers encrypted SDP security you will lose sales. Custome...
Google in data protection problem
2007-06-13 09:57:00 In May, working group Article 29, made up from data protection commissioners from around the EU, wrote to Google expressing particular concern over the length of time personally identifiable data was being retained on the company’s servers. It said the search engine’s policy did not appear “to meet the requirements of the European legal data protection ...
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Top 10 (or more?) Blogs Covering Identity and Data Protection
2007-02-11 17:36:05 The RSA Bloggers are putting together a list of the top blogs covering identity and data protection. Eventually (when our lazy blog programmer gets around to it...just kidding) we'll post it as our first "blog roll". This is new terminology to me as a still-relatively-fresh blogger, but the goal of the blog-roll is to single out the sites that are shaping the future of online security and identity. We want to have a list that reflects the global nature of the conversation. Plus, we want them to be engaging, topical, and present a mature point of view. We?re not endorsing the sites or their content, of course, but simply recommending them based on reputation. Let's us know what you think ? and what we?ve missed! Here's the current list...
India has sufficient data protection laws.
2006-10-27 21:48:01 The proposed change in the Information Technology Act, 2000 for conferring data protection or its separate enactment is not only unwarranted but is equally based on misinterpretation of the provisions of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and the TRIPS Agreement. The concerns and apprehensions of the MNCs are far-fetched and unwarranted. The TRIPS Agreement and the [...] |
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