Rip of the Week: 83,524 Breached by Clinic’s Lost USB Drive

Ontario’s privacy commissioner is investigating a huge breach up north. A USB drive containing personal health information of more than 80,000 people who went to flu clinics in Durham Region, was lost by a public health nurse who was taking it to a vaccination clinic.
The data includes “names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, health [...]

Laptop Computer Security Firm Launches MyLaptopGPS Encryption and Remote Decryption Kill to Provide the Industry-Leading Laptop Protection Technology

Addition of Encryption Functionalities Renders MyLaptopGPS’ Product an All-in-One, One-of-a-Kind Approach to Laptop Computer Security: “Encrypt. Track. Recover.”
(STILLWATER, Okla. – Oct. 27, 2009 – IDTheftSecurity.com) Laptop computer security firm MyLaptopGPS, featured in Inc. Magazine, TechRepublic and elsewhere, has introduced patent-pending laptop encryption to its already robust Internet-based laptop tracking product. MyLaptopGPS™, whose unmatched industry theft [...]

Tip of the Week: Encryption + Tracking = Serious Protection

It’s true that today is the big official release of MyLaptopGPS Encryption. This is a big deal.
But I’d be remiss not to issue a tip that puts my money where my mouth is. Or, that is, why not follow my own advice?
Laptop tracking, remote data destruction, covert data recovery, and a 99.6% security success rate [...]

Tip of the Week: Encrypt!

In keeping with the faithful mantra about “no silver bullet” in the security world, let me highlight a crucial piece of the laptop security puzzle: encryption.
Encryption is a must when it comes to effective mobile data security. Key factors to keep in mind include:

Use a strong key (password, that is, pass PHRASE). Do not use [...]

Laptop Theft: U.S. Army in England at Risk

The names, post office box numbers, forwarding addresses, units of assignment and work phone numbers of all 6,000 post office box holders from the U.S. Military Base in Mildenhall, England are currently lost in cyberspace.
All of the information, which originally was stored on a password protected military database, was transferred earlier this year to an [...]

Ministry of Defence admits over 217 laptops have gone missing

Today in The Herald, Ian Bruce reported that the Ministry of Defence admitted to having lost 217 laptops, 47 desktop computers, 80 hard drives and 96 memory sticks in 2008.
The article states that the devices held “private information about almost half of serving armed forces personnel – including bank and driving licence details, passport numbers, [...]

National Health Service disciplined for poor laptop security

Health Service Journal reported today that two trusts were not practicing laptop security in accordance with the National Health Service Data Protection Act.
The first, Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University trust, reported a laptop containing unencrypted health records and patient data stolen from its office building in South Wales.
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation trust also reported [...]

Resolution #1: Protect Employees from Identity Theft

It’s a new year, and everyone is making resolutions. But perhaps the most important resolution you can make this year is to protect everyone, even your employees or third party service providers, from identity theft.
PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Global State of Information Security Survey 2008, announcing that businesses nationwide have implemented double-digit advances in [...]