Your smartphone is your most portable computer. It's also a treasure trove of personal information. You wouldn't leave your laptop unlocked in public, so why leave your phone unprotected? Lock up that ...

(TNS) — The question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted inspires strong opinions on both sides — and one local police department has asked the public to weigh in on the issue.

I'm at the pre-CES Storage Visions conference in Las Vegas. A panel on self-encrypting drives (SED) and additional discussion schooled me on just how widely available - and unknown - SEDs are. SEDs ...

Companies relying on self-encrypting drives (SEDs) to secure data stored on their employees’ laptops should be aware that this technology is not immune to attack and should carefully consider whether ...

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has been clear about encrypting personal data, both in its guidelines and in recent data breach investigations. But according to Chris ...

In March of last year, Mark Zuckerberg made a dramatic pledge: Facebook would apply end-to-end encryption to user communications across all of its platforms by default. The move would grant strong new ...

Curious about the security of your documents in the cloud? You’re not alone. We recently received an email from Dana in Marietta, Ga., who is asking this, "I just read your article on saving documents ...

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office will now be encrypting one of three of their scanner traffic channels. The sheriff’s office says the move is in line with the ...

Your business is responsible for securing all the data you possess, even if just for a moment. Your customers expect you to take their privacy seriously and keep their data secure at all times. With ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Cloud computing services have ...

QNAP is warning customers again to secure their Internet-exposed Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices to defend against ongoing and widespread attacks targeting their data with the new DeadBolt ...

A new ransomware is being spread called Rapid Ransomware that stays active after initially encrypting a computer and encrypts any new files that are created. While this behavior is not unique to Rapid ...