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Encryption

  • Sophos to Acquire Utimaco
  • The Rush For Encryption
  • Boeing Needs Whole Disk Encryption
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    Sophos to Acquire Utimaco

    July 31st, 2008 · No Comments

    Sophos intends to buy Utimaco. Until then, Sophos will resell SafeGuard Enterprise and they now have a mutual referral agreement for all products from both companies. Utimaco will become a new business unit focused on data security and the SafeGuard brand will be retained. From the customer announcement email: Our future direction integrates information control [...]

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    The Rush For Encryption

    February 27th, 2007 · 1 Comment

    The rush for device encryption gathers steam and I ask myself: "Why didn’t this happen sooner?"  I guess it is a result of group-think.  Since no single decision maker was responsible for the loss of the data, there was no perceived risk, and nothing was done.  This is all quickly changing as companies realize that [...]

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    Boeing Needs Whole Disk Encryption

    January 9th, 2007 · No Comments

    The latest Boeing laptop theft, which was reported by Information Week on December 15th, 2006, contained identifying information on 382,000 Boeing employees.  "Boeing is trying to figure out how to best protect data in this portable world we live in," says Tim Neale, a spokesman for Boeing. "In November 2005, Boeing had to deal with [...]

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    Tags: Encryption