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Going Against the Flow
Posted on July 25th, 2011 No commentsIn mid-June, the U.S. District Court in Syracuse, N.Y., struck down the flow control law in Oswego County, N.Y., saying it was unconstitutionally vague. The flow control provisions of the law, which were enacted in July 1, 2009, directed all solid waste and residential recyclables to county facilities.
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Data Storage Group Receives Patent for Data Deduplication Technology
Posted on January 19th, 2011 No commentsData Storage Group (DataStor), a Colorado-based data backup and disaster recovery software firm, has reported that the United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company a patent for its core data deduplication technology. In a press release, DataStor claims that its software-based approach, known as Adaptive Content Factoring, offers significant advancements and operational efficiencies in data backup and archival storage for small to medium-sized businesses
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European Agency Releases Report on Risks, Opportunities of Smartphones
Posted on January 6th, 2011 No commentsA new report by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) identifies the top security risks and opportunities of smartphone use. The report also provides practical security advice for businesses, consumers and governments using smartphones
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Iron Mountain Hosting Webcast on RIM’s Future
Posted on January 6th, 2011 No commentsIron Mountain Inc. will be hosting a free webcast on the future of records and information management (RIM) on Jan.
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FP Tech Desk: What computers will fear next year
Posted on December 28th, 2010 No commentsThat altered threat landscape will include social media connections eventually replacing email as the venue of choice for distributing malicious software and links. …the massive amount of personal information contained on those networks combined with a general lack of user knowledge on how to properly secure this data will make crimes like identity theft easier than they have ever been.
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Central Valley Business Times
Posted on December 17th, 2010 No commentsA magnetic tape, packed with the unencrypted confidential medical and other data of up to 2,550 clients, California Department of Public Health employees and health care workers, has gone missing, the department says.
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Omniquad data breach spurs fears of online business, says CIF
Posted on October 13th, 2010 No commentsThe leak of consumer data, managed by network security provider Omniquad, has been held up as an example of the data breaches that undermine confidence in online business by the Cloud Industry Forum.
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The PCI Lessons From Google’s Employee Data Breach
Posted on September 26th, 2010 No commentsWhen Google this month fired a programmer for using the search giant's database to investigate an intriguing teenager, it showed that even the most sophisticated and respected technology brands can have a trusted employee go rogue. This lesson, says PCI Columnist Walter Conway, should not be lost on retail executives, who may rely on several third-party service providers to process or analyze their payments
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Calling all IT security pros
Posted on September 21st, 2010 No commentsYou can get all the insight you need to protect your corporation's critical data now. Just sign up for our data security online event now.
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Healthcare companies are not ready for HITECH Act
Posted on November 17th, 2009 No commentsOut of the 77 organizations who make up the data pool, most of them have had one or more data breach incidents involving the loss or outright theft of protected health information over the last two years. In fact, 90-percent of them said they have lost at least one record.
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