While several federal laws are in place to protect personal data, Nevada and Massachusetts have passed more stringent legislation to protect consumer information from data breaches.
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Coastal managers are using sea-level-rise data to protect crucial infrastructure.
Firewalls are the best way to prevent data theft that originates outside of a network, while cryptography can help to protect data from internal theft, he said.
By no means does data breach insurance protect an organization against the event itself or all the consequences of data theft or exposure, but it is a prudent step to mitigate the resulting economic impact.
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"Connected Data allows users to maintain privacy and control of their data, while enabling them to share and protect that data with other locations, " said Geoff Barrall, Founder and CEO.
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Do those data centers have the level of physical security necessary to protect your data?
Companies have in place their own firewalls and anti-virus software to protect data stored on the premises.
Hopefully the technology can be used not just to protect data but to disable lost or stolen devices.
The fiberglass hull glides on the surface, with solar panels to power its electronics and sealed boxes to protect data-gathering instruments.
He says they use state of the art encryption to protect data.
The counter argument is that the cost of active defense is insignificant compared to the value of the intellectual property and corporate data it helps protect.
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The widespread nature of the risk is illustrated by the fact that just under half the respondents said they use less-stringent methods to protect data in development and testing environments.
Brussels said this showed that UK laws, particularly The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, did not do enough to protect data about the e-mails and web browsing habits of citizens.
Today's IT professionals aren't just "trusting" the cloud--they're only going with vendors that are transparent about how they protect data and submit to certifications audited by third parties (such as SAS70).
As new cloud infrastructure rolls out, opportunities arise to protect data in motion, to provide layered defenses against things such as hacking, and to monitor and analyze traffic on a network.
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They can also invest in other tools like AirDefense Personal, software which sits on a laptop computer and helps protect data when a worker is using his computer wirelessly while traveling.
Early adopters of cloud technologies understand that a cloud vendor's very existence hinges on its ability to protect data and have as little server downtime as possible, and most guarantee an up-time percentage and reimburse customers if it isn't met.
Mr. Kocher, whose company, Cryptography Research, develops and licenses custom chips to protect data networks and prevent content piracy, says tech companies are making reasonable choices about safeguards, but fare poorly in some studies because they are better at discovering they have been hacked.
By enabling a security architecture centered on data control, IT solves longstanding security problems through empowering the environment to protect sensitive data regardless of access method, device, network, ownership or location.
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For Paul Hastings, investing in new networking technology could pay major dividends, as it allows the law firm to consolidate its data centers and reduce spending on costly new servers and IT staff while continuing to protect critical data and access it when needed.
Data brokers and credit keepers are getting much scrutiny these days in terms of how they collect, store and protect our data.
Getting close to the data will help you identify those assets and protect them inside the data center.
Clearly there is a role for businesses and government to protect citizen and consumer data, but individual users also have a civic responsibility to protect our own devices and the networks we access.
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Do you trust your Frequent Flyer program to protect that data all the time.
There are good two ways to protect your data from fire and other disasters.
You could protect the data on some physical medium, like a CD or magnetic tape.
That is terrible advice coming from those who know that users can do little to protect their data.
But web application security caught up and a well-defined set of practices now exists to protect sensitive data.
While controlling the flow of information can protect your data it can also limit your ability to do business.
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