Data Loss
Sophos out to change how companies protect their data
UK-based IT security firm Sophos Ltd believes that a new feature it is building into its SafeGuard line, where data will be encrypted by default, will change the way businesses approach data protection.
Accidental sharing by staff bigger threat to data loss: Kaspersky Lab
In a global survey of IT professionals, 27% of all businesses said they have lost sensitive business data due to internal IT threats in the past 12 months, according to Kaspersky Lab. For the first time since the company began tracking these incidents in 2011, accidental data sharing by staff now produces a greater amount of lost data than software vulnerabilities.
The ‘breaching’ of DNA’s defences
Some unscheduled security maintenance on the DNA website because of a Drupal vulnerability had seemingly left our directory exposed, but no confidential data has been compromised. We will continue investigating the incident.
Preventing data loss, and the health of your business
Awareness of the need for Data Loss Prevention (DLP) has been growing – the market has been growing at about 20%, but unfortunately, the number of data leaks has been growing at around the same pace too, according to InfoWatch.
U Mobile rolls out Tecprotec-powered U Care Plus 8 plan
U Mobile has officially introduced the U Care Plus 8 mobile device insurance and protection plan in partnership with Tecprotec.
IT’s insurance plan against the cost of data loss
Secure data is no good to employees or customers if the associated systems and applications are not accessible. A complete disaster recovery and data protection plan accounts for the restoration of complete IT services – systems, applications and data, writes FalconStor's Chris Poelker.
Digital info costs businesses US$1.1 trillion: Survey
Information costs businesses worldwide US$1.1 trillion annually, according to Symantec Corp’s 2012 State of Information Survey, its first-ever such survey. From confidential customer information, to intellectual property and to financial transactions, organizations possess massive amounts of information that not only enables them to be competitive and efficient, but also stay in business.
