Laptop Computer Security

Tag archive for ‘stolen data’

Rip of the Week: Ph.D Student Loses Crucial Research when Laptop Stolen

This is another one of those stories. Kristin Smith, a doctoral student at The Ohio State University, has been researching detection methods for multiple sclerosis. That research has been ongoing for the past five years. NBC 4 in Columbus reports.
Smith’s laptop, a MacBook Pro, was stolen while she stopped for a $3 hamburger.  In perhaps [...]

Tip of the Week: Believe It or Not, Don’t Act Too SOON

Following up to last week’s Tip, with key findings from the Ponemon Institute’s “2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data Breach” (found here on the web and sponsored by PGP), there’s another finding that is quite remarkable.
According to the study, on page 4, companies that notify victims too quickly may [in] (sic) fact incur higher [...]

Rip of the Week: Blagojevich Lawyers’ Computers Stolen, Evidence Gone

The saga of disgraced former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich continues, as the Chicago Breaking News Center reports that eight computers and a safe were stolen in a burglary at the law offices of Sam Adam and his son, Sam Adam Jr.
One computer contained “undercover recordings from the sweeping corruption case.” Apparently the data was backed [...]

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 [...]

Rip of the Week: Pastor Prays for Return of Stolen Sermons

In a sad but all-too-common form of data breach, CW13 reports (thanks also to Redemtech) on a Loomis, California pastor who returned home from church camp to find the door to his office open, and his laptop gone.
No big deal, or so he thought, since the donated laptop was five years old (or more) and [...]

Tip of the Week: Consider Private Web Browsing

I’ve already mentioned tips such as “forgetting your passwords” (not allowing the browser to store them), with respect to laptop security, and it’s good to be reminded of even the most simple, basic security precautions. Even experts need to be reminded sometimes, and certainly most other people do.
The latest versions of most of the major [...]