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Security and Snake Oil: Choosing the right encryption software

The staggering number of incidents of data theft has spurred on most large organizations to find ways to ensure data security. One of the best solutions to the need to protect sensitive information is through data encryption. Data encryption is easy to implement and economical.

The only problem that arises with companies clamoring to protect their systems from wrongful breaches is that numerous vendors have popped up all over the world, offering various forms of file and data encryption techniques. Snake oil or fraudulent encryption products masquerade easily as the real stuff because they usually make the same security claims and use the same algorithms as genuine products and programs.

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Losing sleep over a lost Laptop: a privacy nightmare

The beauty of a laptop is that one is never at a loss when asked for information. The down side, however, is that a laptop, chock full of information critical to one’s business and personal life, also has to be guarded as dearly. Laptops are stolen everyday and from almost anywhere – a car, house, office, snatched out of one’s hands, the list is endless.

But the cost of losing one’s laptop cannot just be measured in monetary terms. Anyone who’s lost a laptop will vouch for this.

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Losing Your Laptop – A business Traveler’s Worst Nightmare

Imagine this; You are working as a Senior Marketing Manager for a well-known organization. Your daily routine is packed with schedules for meetings, conferences, business lunch/dinner and the likes. It is one of such days’ and you are ready to board a flight to visit your headquarter at some place,

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Laptop Theft or Data Theft: Prepare Beforehand for the Unexpected

Laptop theft has become one of the potential dangers for any company, business or individual. The prevention of this problem has become one of the problems that create danger for your business, research and any of the projects that you or your company holds close. The 3 main aspects that can be controlled with laptop theft are:

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