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Data Loss Prevention

whitepaper This paper describes steps that the user can take to minimize risk of data loss. Computers are more relied upon now than ever, or more to the point the data that is contained on them. In nearly every instant, the system itself can be easily...

Tags: data recovery / security, measures, minimize, risk

[20 Apr 2004]

<strong>Data</strong>-<strong>loss</strong> bug afflicts Linux

Data-loss bug afflicts Linux

News The data-loss bug afflicts the newest 2.4.20 version of the heart, or kernel, of Linux. Data-loss problems are dire - companies devote much of their computing budgets to keeping their information from vanishing into the ether.

[09 Dec 2002]

MPs condemn government over L-driver data loss

News The data loss follows from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) losing two CDs containing details of more than 25 million people claiming and receiving child benefit as well as the Northern Ireland Driver and Vehicle Agency losing the details of around 7...

Tags: hmrc, dsa, department of transport, loss

[18 Dec 2007]

McAfee moves to arrest corporate data loss

News McAfee has announced a foray into the increasingly crowded market for products to stop data loss in businesses. McAfee Data Loss Prevention Host, or DLP Host, is a hardware and software package designed to help companies lessen the chances of their...

Tags: security breach, data breach, breach, data loss

[06 Feb 2007]

Commons' committee calls for reckless-data-loss laws

News MPs have called for the reckless loss of computer data and personal information to be made a crime but IT industry leaders and legal experts have urged the government to avoid knee-jerk legislation. The committee said organisations should be...

Tags: data loss, government, security, law

[03 Jan 2008]

Should data loss be made a criminal offence?

News He said: "Making data loss a criminal offence is maybe a step too far. The IT industry is divided over whether new laws are needed to make the reckless loss of personal information by public and private sector organisations a criminal offence.

Tags: law, data loss, government, hmrc

[04 Jan 2008]

Preventing Data Loss During Backups Due to Open Files

whitepaper This White Paper is written for IT Managers, CTOs and Security Administrators concerned about loss data and corrupt files during backups. But, in order to achieve both of these goals, companies must look for tools that address an age-old dilemma...

Tags: back-up, strategies, recovery, administrators

[28 Oct 2004]

Security experts slam HMRC over data loss

News The loss by HM Revenue & Customs of 25 million child benefit claimant records has understandably sparked a host of reactions from security and legal experts. Ovum principal analyst Graham Titterington encapsulated the scale of the event by saying...

Tags: hmrc, security, disclosure, hands

[22 Nov 2007]

Preventing Data Loss: Ten Imperatives

whitepaper Download this white paper to learn which of these approaches best minimizes the risk of data loss. Ever since corporate data losses and insider theft started dominating headlines, your charter has been to investigate the technologies and methods...

Tags: monitoring systems, , Ÿ€, memory

[25 Feb 2008]

Poll: Execs should be jailed for data loss

News That's the view of more than a third (35 per cent) of readers who took part in the latest silicon.com poll and who believe the punishment for data loss should be much more serious. The poll follows on from the HM Revenue & Customs loss in November...

Tags: full disclosure, criminal, punishment, poll

[14 Feb 2008]

Close the Data Loss Prevention Coverage Gap: Neutralize the Insider Threat

whitepaper The McAfee Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution makes it possible for organizations to enforce policies and monitor and report on improper usage - even when laptops are physically disconnected from the network.

Tags: policies, laptops, element, handling

[07 Mar 2007]

Skype causes PC data loss

News During testing of the release software, however, an intermittent bug that instantly resets the PC at the end of a call has been discover by testers on silicon.com's sister site ZDNet UK - potentially causing a loss of data in other applications...

[30 Jul 2004]

ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence

News Recent data breaches include the loss of 25 million details by HM Revenue & Customs, reported last November, and the more recent loss of a Ministry of Defence laptop containing 3,700 people's bank details, as well as other data on up to 600,000...

Tags: data, dpa, ico, hmrc

[31 Jan 2008]

Most Effective Methods For Protecting Against Enterprise Data Loss

whitepaper TechRepublic's Most Effective Methods For Protecting Against Enterprise Data Loss reviews these and other essential enterprise data protection techniques. Data has become invaluable to every organization.

Tags: data center, data protection, mission critical, mission

[23 Nov 2004]

Leader: Why we need data loss disclosure laws

Leader Nowhere is this more clear than with the issue of disclosing data loss. Companies who aren't bound by law tend to gamble where data loss is concerned. In California all companies are required by law to inform their customers when data has been...

[03 Apr 2006]

Evolving In-Region and Out-of-Region Storage Replication Alternatives for Zero/Near-Zero Data Loss

whitepaper Effective IT business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) solutions must provide multiple levels of recovery capability, ranging from recovery point objectives (RPOs) with zero/near-zero data loss and extending to RPOs beyond 24 hours - as...

Tags: disaster recovery, objectives, recovery, centers

[08 Dec 2004]

No Data Loss Standby Database: The Benefits of Combining EMC Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF) With Oracle8i Automated Standby Database

whitepaper This combination proves an effective tool in reducing planned downtime as it facilitates quick and smooth switchover from standby site to the primary site, without loss of transactions or a reset logs operation.

Tags: back-up, operation, standby, emc srdf

[07 Mar 2005]

Leader: How much more data loss can we stand?

Leader It came to a head this weekend as MasterCard revealed the full extent of a massive loss of data which may have seen as many as 40 million credit card accounts compromised by an intruder gaining access to a cardholder database.

Tags: loss, banks, data, mastercard

[20 Jun 2005]

Pressure grows for UK data loss disclosure

News The UK is in desperate need of revisions to laws that govern the disclosure of information relating to data loss or theft, according to security experts. Currently UK organisations that lose sensitive customer or employee data, or expose it to...

Tags: e-tail, mcafee, banking, pgp

[16 Mar 2007]

Reducing Nominal Data Loss: The Evolution of the D38999 Series III Style Advanced Fiber Optic Connector and Termini

whitepaper While the connector has been used successfully in a wide range of fiber optic applications, the goal of improving data loss values to an ambitious .3dB has driven standards organizations to develop a new specification and qualification model for a...

Tags: quality of service, optical, loss, electrical

[24 Feb 2004]

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