Posted by admin on November 15, 2011
In a recent hearing of Senate Judiciary Committee‘s panel on privacy, technology and the law entitled “Your Health and Your Privacy: Protecting Health Information in a Digital World“, experts called for stronger federal enforcement of health data breach violations. Deven McGraw, director of the Health Privacy Project at the Center for Democracy and Technology, gave [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | 
Tags: Center For Democracy And Technology, Data Breaches, Democracy And Technology, Electronic Health Data, Good Health, Health Information, Health Privacy Project, Healthcare System, Networked, Personal Health, Privacy Technology, Protecting Health, Protecting Privacy, Protective Behaviors, Security Measures, Security Precautions, Senate Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee, Strong Security, Webcast | 
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Posted by admin on April 26, 2011
We are happy to now extend our Computrace Mobile endpoint security solution to Android devices. We now provide endpoint security for most ultra-portable devices on the market today including netbooks, tablets, and smart phones. Customers with Android devices in their deployment can now remotely secure them, invoking pre-emptive and reactive security measures depending upon the [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Computrace, Customer Center, Deployment, Endpoint Security Solution, Mobile Devices, Mobile Security, Security Devices, Security Measures, Smart Phones, Suspicious Behavior | No Comments »
Posted by admin on April 21, 2011
Following the very public data breach by Epsilon, which affected millions of people from 57 corporations, Senators John Kerry and John McCain have introduced a new Commercial Privacy Bill – The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011. Though we posted about the draft of this bill, you’ll want to know a bit about [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Bill Of Rights Act, Boundaries, Constraints, Corporations, Data Breach, Data Integrity, Epsilon, Ftc, John Kerry, John Mccain, Personal Information, Privacy Act, Privacy Bill, Security Measures, Security Policies, Senators, State Attorneys, Stringent Security, Stringent Standards, Third Parties | No Comments »
Posted by admin on July 30, 2010
As we previously mentioned, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal filed the first HIPAA-related lawsuit. That lawsuit has now been settled, also a first. The settlement agreement [PDF] between the State of Connecticut and the defendants (Health Net) is the result of the loss of a computer disk drive that had unencrypted health information for 1.5 [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: 5 Million, Absolute Software, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Computer Disk Drive, Connecticut Attorney General, Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Data Breaches, Financial Payments, Health Information, Health Net, Health Plans, Hipaa, Identity Theft Insurance, Insurance, Pdf, Privacy Law, Security Measures, Security Whitepaper, Settlement Agreement, State Of Connecticut | No Comments »
Posted by admin on June 30, 2010
It’s been a big week for security legislature! Ireland is now considering a Data Security Breach Code of Practice. The Data Protection Review Group was established to consider “how to ensure that the reporting obligations of organisations in relation to data security breaches are sufficiently robust to protect the rights of data subject.” A draft [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Basic Security, Circumstances, Data Protection Commissioner, Data Security Breach, Hat Tip, Ireland, Notification Law, Organisations, Reporting Obligations, Safe Security, Security Breaches, Security Measures, Security Practices | No Comments »
Posted by admin on March 15, 2010
If you are a long-time reader of the Absolute Software blog, you’ll recall the 2009 study we sponsored with the Ponemon Institute – The Human Factor in Laptop Encryption. We have now followed-up that with a 2010 study looking at the US, UK, Canada, Germany, France and Sweden markets. The study shows that business managers [...]
Categories: laptop security, Security | Tags: Absolute Software, Business Managers, Canada Germany, Cyber Criminals, Data Breach, Encryption Password, Encryption Solution, False Sense Of Security, Germany France, laptop security, Laptops, Ponemon Institute, Private Document, Security Measures, Security Policy, Security Procedures, Sense Of Security, Stranger, Time Reader, Whitepaper | No Comments »
Posted by admin on November 21, 2009
Businesses have been encouraged to review their security measures and consider adopting a virtual private network to ensure business protection.
Categories: Security, Software | Tags: Business Protection, Ipsec Vpn, Security Measures, Virtual Network, Virtual Private Network | No Comments »
Posted by admin on November 20, 2009
Businesses have been encouraged to review their security measures and consider adopting a virtual private network to ensure business protection.
Categories: internet | Tags: Business Protection, Ipsec Vpn, Security Measures, Virtual Network, Virtual Private Network | No Comments »
