Archive for August, 2010
Rip of the Week: It’s a Data Breach Medley
There are so many high-profile, damaging, data breach laptop thefts (and storage device thefts) in the news right now it seems impossible to pick just one. So, I won’t. Let’s have a fast roundup of several–a Data Breach Medley.
Verse 1: Car thieves get personal data on Portland psychology patients, unemployed Oregonians (thanks to Jake K [...]
Tip of the Week: Five Steps to Managing Mobile Devices
Most people understand that cell phones and, particularly, smart phones, are a “Kind of a Big Deal” (to use the modern vernacular). Suffice it to say anybody who doesn’t have an iPhone, a BlackBerry, an Android device, or some other powerful mobile data device tends to be the odd man out at a party. The [...]
MyLaptopGPS at CompTIA Breakaway 2010, Great Show!
MyLaptopGPS CTO Dan Yost and team were in San Antonio, Texas, for CompTIA Breakaway 2010, which was a great event. Over 1,000 IT specialists, resellers, vendors, and players were gathered at the JW Marriott resort to discuss, collaborate, and generally enjoy themselves. As a CompTIA partner, MyLaptopGPS has enjoyed a great relationship with this excellent [...]
Why So Many Data Breaches Don’t See Light Of Day
There is a very interesting article over at Dark Reading, by Mathew J. Schwartz from InformationWeek, that discusses the apparent lack of “transparency” prevalent throughout the USA when it comes to data breach reporting. No doubt, a data breach is enormously expensive (see our Rips category for just a few samples of that), and it [...]
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