They prevent malware from getting into a network, and they prevent sensitive data from getting out.
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For Black Hat's audience of hackers, the tactics for pulling sensitive data were almost disappointingly easy.
No organization is immune to the loss or compromise of confidential and sensitive data.
Traders and investors are awaiting some key, market-sensitive data due out Thursday and Friday.
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Now, even the most privacy-conscious users can rest assured about putting their sensitive data in the Cloud.
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Mobile has been fraught with issues of caching sensitive data, incomplete encryption and simple mistakes in coding.
Google said it was working with all the investigators and offering to delete all the sensitive data.
"With iTwin SecureBox, users can store sensitive data in the Cloud without fear", says Lux, CEO of iTwin.
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But web application security caught up and a well-defined set of practices now exists to protect sensitive data.
For SMBs implementing BYOD programs, there is software available to aid with ensuring that sensitive data remains protected.
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Criminal software can infiltrate personal computers and company networks to steal sensitive data.
Licences that meet the revised standards would be rich repositories of sensitive data.
It is also a SAFE-designated device, which means it has additional security features to safe-guard sensitive data and communications.
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The loss of a device does not mean the loss of sensitive data.
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We've endorsed a proposal that would require that companies make a reasonable effort to remove it before sharing less-sensitive data.
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It is a risk which has prompted strict laws intended to safeguard sensitive data, both in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Facebook has denied allegations that third-party advertisers have been able to access sensitive data for millions of Facebook users for years.
International inspection schemes put cops and robbers on the same team and often give them access to the same sensitive data.
Hardly a severe punishment by investors, who clearly see that taking good care of sensitive data is not really that much of an issue.
Some officials worried that adding encryption would make it harder to quickly share time-sensitive data within the U.S. military, and with allies.
This is mostly true, in that the most sensitive data remained secure.
Journalists increasingly need to know how to protect important and sensitive data.
Since 2005, security researchers have warned of the threat of "evil twins, " computers set up to appear as routers and intercept sensitive data.
It is within these that gaps of trust among different systems that could allow bad actors access to sensitive data without proper authentication.
Having a mixed portfolio of cloud services, as well as on-premises capabilities, may be the best way to guard sensitive data, they suggest.
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Meanwhile, American troops will probably want to think twice before revealing sensitive data to EA or any other game publisher in the future.
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The best hope for a positive outcome is to promote clear principles that govern how these sensitive data are collected and put to work.
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The diaries, which were stolen on 16 February, included patients' names, addresses, details of previous visits and possibly other sensitive data, such as mental health.
If you lose possession of an Android phone, your PIN or pattern unlock might not be enough to protect the sensitive data stored on it.
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When abused by programmers, sensitive data can be cached by applications.
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