Hard Drive Encryption
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Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs
Insight newsmaker Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at U.S. National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Computer, Security, NSA, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration
To encrypt or not? That is the question
Insight Encryption hasn't become the privacy panacea it was once promised to be for e-mail, but it's making headway on hard drives. Here's why it isn't mainstream, yet.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, PGP Corp., Microsoft Corp., Data, Microsoft Windows Live, Encryption, e-mail
Is Vista security a selling point?
News Consumers will face a barrage of new prompts; businesses get a new set of tools. The trick comes in managing it all.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Microsoft Windows
Bitlocker key to safe disk disposal, says Microsoft
News Software giant says businesses that use Vista together with its Bitlocker hard drive encryption technology will have easy, safe way to dispose of their hard disks.
Tags: Memory, PC security, Security, Microsoft Windows
Getting over laptop loss
News Laptop theft is a pain, but there are some simple things to reduce the headaches after a laptop disappears.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Security
Windows Vista beta 2
Product Reviews Windows Vista beta 2
Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, Computer, Beta, hard drive, network, Microsoft Windows, desktop, PC
Apple hires former OLPC security architect
News Ivan Krstic wrote the security model for the XO, called Bitfrost. For Apple, he'll be working on core operating system security.
Tags: Human resources, Viruses and worms, Apple Inc., Authentication, Security, One Laptop Per Child Project, operating system, Cupertino, computer, virus
Windows Vista Ultimate
Product Reviews Windows Vista Ultimate
Cold boot encryption-bypassing source code published
News Source code is now available to utilities that can bypass programs like Microsoft's BitLocker and Apple's FileVault in some circumstances.
Tags: Security, Authentication and encryption, Privacy, Source Code, Encryption, Memory, Computer, RSA Security Inc., screensaver, AES
