Rueters http://www.reuters.com/ By Irene Klotz Originally published Dec 10, 2010, retrieved Jan 19, 2011 Go to original article Failure to delete information was ‘serious’ security breach, audit finds CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — NASA failed to delete sensitive data on computers and hard drives before dispensing with the equipment as part of its plan to end […]
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The New York Times www.nytimes.com By ASHLEY SOUTHALL Originally published November 6, 2010, retrieved November 8, 2010 Go to original article WASHINGTON — Federal workers at the General Services Administration are on alert against identity theft after an employee sent the names and Social Security numbers of the agency’s entire staff to a private e-mail
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Letter from the President “Open Source” November 2010 One of the best, if not the best, timelines showing the chronological history of the personal computer was written by Ken Polsson and starts, of course, with the transistor in 1947. http://pctimeline.info/ What a truly short time it has been from then to now. Things really get
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NEWS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE D3 Granted New Patent for Data Destruction on Optical Media July 13, 2010 Fort Myers, FL - Digital Data Destruction (D3, Inc.) today announced that it was granted a new patent on its method and process to safely destroy the digital data contained on Optical Discs. The patent award by the United States
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Letter from the President “Need to Know” Secrets are those things which you know and you do not want a select group of others to know. Secrets can be personal, for example if you are a professional golfer, it might not help your marriage or career if your wife found out that you had a
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CBS News www.cbsnews.com By Armen Keteyian Retrieved May 3, 2010 Go to Original Article Your Office Copy Machine Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale Watch video here (CBS) At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen
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Washington Technology www.washingtontechnology.com By Doug Beizer Retrieved Feb 23, 2010 Go to Original Article Across the board ban lifted for mission critical applications The Defense Department was able to lift a ban on portable storage devices such as thumb drives because of changes to DOD computer systems that make the devices safer to use, Vice Adm. Carl Mauney,
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Retrieved February 10, 2010 http://www.pgp.com/ The 2009 Annual Study: Cost of Data Breach has just been released This is provided by PGP Corporation and the Ponemon Institute. This survey documents the high costs that result when companies lose customer data. Download your copy NEW! 2009 Annual Study: Cost of a Data
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ComputerWorld Security www.computerworld.com Retrieved 25 Aug 09 Go to Original Article Radisson Hotels: Data breach affected ‘limited’ number of sites, guests August 19, 2009 Radisson Hotels revealed Wednesday that a “limited” number of guests may have had their credit or debit card data stolen, due to a breach of the computer systems at some of
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www.wired.com By Ryan Singel ryan@ryansingel.net October 1, 2009 | 8:05 am Retrieved, Nov 12, 2009 Go to Original Article Probe Targets Archives’ Handling of Data on 70 Million Vets The inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration is investigating a potential data breach affecting tens of millions of records about U.S. military veterans, Wired.com has
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