Security Zen: The Yin and Yang of Protecting Your Information
Small businesses can now put in place a complete arsenal of security tools that are installed as a single, integrated solution.
CalOptima says data on 68,000 members may be compromised
Personal data on about 68,000 members of CalOptima, a Medicaid managed care plan serving Orange County, Calif., may have been compromised earlier this month.
Judge says TD Ameritrade's proposed security fixes not enough
A federal judge's rejection of a proposed settlement by TD Ameritrade Inc. in a data breach lawsuit marks the second time in recent months where a court has weighed in on what it consider to be basic security standards for protecting data.
Brocade partners with Thales for network-based encryption appliance
Brocade and Thales have combined switching and encryption technologies to create a SAN-based appliance that encrypts data on the fly at high speed and performs centralized key management.
Embracing Tokenization: Payment Without Pain
According to the recent Gartner Group report, Using Tokenization to Reduce PCI compliance Requirements, "enterprises that have successfully implemented tokenization ... have reduced the scope of ... costly PCI compliance audits while keeping sensitive cardholder data more contained and secure."
Esther Schindler
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SVG a graphics format for 21st century
pasmith
Take Chrome OS for a test spin
Sandra Henry-Stocker
Solaris Tip: Have Your Files Changed Since Installation?
jfruh
Android fragments vs. the iPhone monolith
mikelgan
What Gizmodo missed about the Pro WX Wireless USB disk drive
Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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