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NHS data left lacking encryption
News There is no central monitoring within the NHS to ensure that trusts have carried out encryption, with it being left up to the strategic health authorities to check on compliance. Many trusts will be unable to meet the local targets as set by... [24 Jun 2008]
MoD fights data losses with encryption
News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to protect 20,000 laptops using encryption software. Machines used by the army, navy and RAF will be given password-protected encryption using BeCrypt Disk Protect Baseline solution. [08 May 2008]
French relax data encryption
News The French government yesterday hinted at plans to ease its encryption laws, which are currently considered the strongest in Europe. France is one of the few countries in the world that does not permit companies to use or export 56bit encryption... [15 Jan 1999]
Encryption not the key to data security
News Policies, processes and a "corporate ethos" of care of data are more important in securing sensitive information than using encryption technology. Encryption has been back in the spotlight following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach that led to... [07 Dec 2007]
Intel criticises Windows 2000 encryption
News Using data encryption in Windows 2000 can dramatically slow down your corporate network, according to Intel's EMEA marketing director, Andy Greenhalgh. Greenhalgh, of Intel's Network and Communications Group, told Silicon.com that companies that... [16 Sep 1999]
Cracking the GSM encryption protocol
News It has allowed them to crack its data encryption algorithm. Since the announcement, Barkan has patented his method of bypassing GSM encryption, which will now solely be used by security forces, he told Reuters. [17 Sep 2003]
Businesses tackle laptop theft data security risks
News Businesses are using encryption, thin-client and other security technologies to tackle the increasing problem of laptop theft and the associated risk to corporate data. Half of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they are using or... [15 May 2007]
UK businesses shunning encryption tech?
News Fewer than half of UK companies use encryption technology to secure their data. Despite the lack of encryption, UK IT managers claim their corporate data is safe and almost two-thirds (65 per cent) said the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach... [03 Dec 2007]
Trusted computing 'can't be trusted'
News Trusted computers are PCs, servers and consumer devices that can secure specific data using encryption. Cryptographers and security firms took opposite sides over the potential privacy dangers of trusted computing, an initiative to use encryption... [17 Apr 2003]
Encryption: is it a load of &*^%&^&^$%?
News Encryption has been traditionally seen as the most secure way to transport data as the technology relies on the exchange of secret data keys between agreed parties to unlock the message - but opponents claim these keys can be stolen too easily. [28 Nov 2001]
BlackBerrys squashed by Whitehall data ban
News The ban does not affect RIM's BlackBerry enterprise version (4.0 and above), which has been certified by CESG as secure enough to carry 'restricted'-level documents - the only PDA device that has been - and so can still be used by civil servants... [04 Feb 2008]
'The big IAM' tops security chiefs' shopping lists
News One security chief from the banking industry said encryption has become increasingly important, as evidenced by a spate of data leaks from financial institutions over the past year - and admitted data may well go astray and should therefore be... [19 Sep 2006]
IBM building security into chips
News Researchers at IBM have come up with a way to hard wire encryption technology into a microprocessor, promising a more secure way to store data. The encryption and decryption happens on-the-fly, without any processor overhead, the company said. [10 Apr 2006]
Police get powers to demand data decryption
News The law is intended to make it more difficult for criminals and terrorists to use encryption to hide data. The Home Office said encryption keys would be demanded only if a business wasn't able to provide the corresponding data. [04 Oct 2007]
Vista will safeguard HD disposal, says Microsoft
News According to Microsoft technical security advisor Steve Lamb, the key both encrypts and decrypts data on the hard disk using the Advanced Encryption Standard, which is also used by the US government. Microsoft denied the encryption technology would... [26 Apr 2006]
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