The rapidly increasing number of security breaches and data loss incidents is driving companies to implement data loss prevention (DLP) solutions as part of their overall endpoint security systems to prevent sensitive information from making its way out of the corporate network.
Today’s small, portable USB thumb drives can store significant amounts of data and be easily slipped into a pocket without anyone noticing. This makes it possible for someone to copy data from a network, walk out the company door, and transfer the same data onto another PC.
A webcast describing the importance of having an endpoint security software to protect your network from data leakage and malicious activity.
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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.
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