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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...
[20 Apr 2004]
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]
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...
[18 Dec 2007]
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...
[06 Feb 2007]
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...
[03 Jan 2008]
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.
[04 Jan 2008]
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...
[28 Oct 2004]
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...
[22 Nov 2007]
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...
[25 Feb 2008]
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...
[14 Feb 2008]
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.
[07 Mar 2007]
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]
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...
[31 Jan 2008]
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.
[23 Nov 2004]
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]
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...
[08 Dec 2004]
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.
[07 Mar 2005]
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.
[20 Jun 2005]
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...
[16 Mar 2007]
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...
[24 Feb 2004]
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