Stop Data Breaches Due to Stolen Laptops

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In a recent incident, Boston Children’s Hospital faced a significant data breach after a laptop was stolen from a staff member attending a conference in Buenos Aires. The laptop, although password-protected, was not encrypted, leaving sensitive patient information vulnerable. The stolen laptop contained an email attachment with the names, medical record numbers, birth dates, diagnoses, […]

Data Security Resolutions for the New Year

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Whether you have never considered your personal security before or have been meaning to do so for a while, this is the year to make your data security resolutions a reality. Spamming, phishing, and ransomware are real-world threats that every internet user faces on a daily basis. Passwords continue to leak in massive corporate breaches, […]

Millions of Deleted Files Recovered from Hard Drives Purchased Online

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Turns out that the years of eBay warning prospective vendors of making sure their laptops and storage devices have been wiped clean to keep deleted files from being recovered probably fell on a ton of deaf ears. Files Easily Recovered from Discarded Hard Drives There’s a worrying trend happening that you should be aware of. […]

What to Do if Your Laptop is Stolen

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It does not matter if it’s a personal laptop or one you use for work, your laptop is your lifeline to so many things. It helps you to stay connected, but it also has a lot of information about you stored in it. If you lose it, or your laptop is stolen, you are at […]

Data Sanitization is the Green Solution

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Where does data go when it’s no longer needed? Data Sanitization to Prevent Waste! Companies often have untold terabytes of data stored on hard drives that they no longer have a use for, but it’s still essential that the data isn’t accessible. Why Should You Sanitize Hard Drives, Not Destroy Them? Unfortunately, this has led […]

New Year Data Security Resolutions

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Whether you’ve never considered your personal security before or have been meaning to do so for a while, this is the year to make changes. Spamming, phishing, and ransomware are real-world threats that every internet user faces on a daily basis. Passwords continue to leak in massive corporate breaches, and people own an increasing number […]

Protect Your Data with Opal Lock

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The holiday season is a time when your critical information is the most vulnerable. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age where if you set down your mobile device or computer in a public place, it can be gone in a second. Theft can happen at any time and can cost you plenty of […]

Your Personal Information May Have Been Mishandled in a Data Breach

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The SEC charged Morgan Stanley with extensive failures in protecting the personal identifying information (PII) of about 15 million customers. Morgan Stanley will be paying a $35 million penalty fee for selling used hard drives on eBay without first sanitizing the drives. Since at least 2015, Morgan Stanley has not properly disposed of devices holding […]