Data Security News & Articles

Commonly used as graphical representations of text in registration or comment areas, CAPTCHAs require a user to prove their human qualities by reading a distorted set of characters and enter them into a form. Although a great way to keep SPAM from filling up your site, they are not always user friendly or even secure. But there is hope.

The last time we spoke about Watchdox, we told you about the many ways that you can track and control your documents when sharing. This week, Confidela, the maker of WatchDox unveiled a new iPhone and iPad application developed to ensure safe document sharing on potentially insecure mobile platforms.

While living in the cloud has become a popular option, companies remain skeptical. No matter how many security precautions are provided, when services like SaaS, IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and PaaS (Platform as a Service) are offered in the cloud, companies are tentative to employ them.

Following IBM’s release of new tax compliance software, Autonomy has licensed its IDOL technology to the IRS to keep track of companies’ tax liabilities. While it might be difficult to secure Federal IT contracts now, it could be about to get a lot harder.

A new survey tells us the value of your company's secrets. In other news, iPads are slowly coming to healthcare IT.

This week in GRC delivers data security tips, options for storing data off the grid and an executive shift in priorities.

Email security is at the top of every company's To Do list.

Spam and malicious email continues to wreak havoc globally. The economic recession isn't helping matters any and as a result more end-users are prone to falling victim to financial fraud. Increased sophistication of malware attacks coupled with the risk for data loss and compromised security, email has become more costly to manage, particularly for complex, information-driven organizations.

Vircom understands. The email security solutions company introduces the mBlade. Specially designed to support high traffic and complex network environments, the mblade can help the Enterprise and Service Provider markets across all verticals.

Many of today’s corporate environments are embracing enterprise CMS solutions as a way to disseminate and share information amongst workers and workgroups. Microsoft SharePoint is a popular choice because it aligns well with an existing Microsoft-powered network and project groups’ workflow. However, according to new research from Courion, companies who are deploying SharePoint are doing so in a manner that might be putting crucial data at risk.