News tagged with sensitive data

Improving security in the cloud

Less and less of today's computing is done on desktop computers; cloud computing, in which operations are carried out on a network of shared, remote servers, is expected to rise as the demand for computing power increases. ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New hybrid technology could bring 'quantum information systems'

(PhysOrg.com) -- The merging of two technologies under development - plasmonics and nanophotonics - is promising the emergence of new "quantum information systems" far more powerful than today's computers.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Cybersecurity breakthrough keeps sensitive data confined in physical space (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a breakthrough that could aid spies, keepers of medical records, and parents who want to prevent their kids from "sexting," a team of Virginia Tech researchers has created software to remotely ...

Technology / Software

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Silent nozzle extinguisher does not harm hard disks

Siemens has developed a very quiet nozzle for gas extinguishing systems. The system is especially suitable for use in computer centers that store sensitive data. That’s because loud noise can cause hard ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mobile-security services take off

The prospect of consumers and employees physically losing information-packed mobile devices, or getting them hacked, has become the driver for a red-hot sector of the tech industry: supplying mobile security.

Technology / Software

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NATO probes hacker's claim of security breach

NATO is investigating claims by the hacker group Anonymous that it plundered sensitive data from alliance computers, a NATO official said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Anonymous' fires back at hacker hunters

Notorious hacker group Anonymous on posted a defiant message to police Thursday and boasted of plundering sensitive data from NATO computers.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Nation's fight against cyber intruders goes local

The next frontier in the fight to keep crucial electronic networks safe from harm will play out as close to home as Town Hall and require more involvement from private industry, which controls 85 percent of the infrastructure, ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US senators unveil mobile privacy, data theft bills

US senators introduced bills on Wednesday aimed at protecting the privacy of mobile phone users and safeguarding personal information of consumers stored online.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Apple slammed over iPhone, iPad location tracking

(AP) -- Privacy watchdogs are demanding answers from Apple Inc. about why iPhones and iPads are secretly collecting location data on users - records that cellular service providers routinely keep but require a court order to d ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Targeted phishing scams could rise after Epsilon data breach

A wave of alert emails has been distributed over the last few days as Epsilon, one of the nation's largest marketing services, deals with what could end up being one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history. ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Targeted nature of email breach worries experts

Think twice next time you get an email from Chase or Citi asking you to log in to your credit card account. The bank may not have sent it.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NASA computer servers vulnerable to attack: audit

NASA's inspector general warned Monday that computer servers used by the US space agency to control spacecraft were vulnerable to cyber attack through the Internet.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New biological pathway identified for post-traumatic stress disorder

High blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the University of Vermont has found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Seagate's self-encrypting laptop hard drive wins key government certification

Seagate today announced that its groundbreaking Momentus Self-Encrypting Drive, the world’s first laptop hard drive with built-in encryption to protect against unauthorized access to information on lost or stolen mobile computers, ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0