August 2013 – Data Protection & Security

McAfee announced today that it has reached more than 100,000 youth, parents and teachers around the globe with its cyber education program. The McAfee Cares – Online Safety for Kids Program is a free school initiative that utilizes McAfee employees, partners and customers who volunteer to train school-age children and parents on ways to stay […]

The electronic wiretapping of user data by intelligence agencies such as the NSA has fundamentally changed the behavior of Internet users, the application Hotspot Shield is benefitting from with 250,000 new users per day.

More and more people and devices are connected with each other these days and, thanks to Google, glasses are linked to the Internet now, too.

A brand new survey from Acronis and the Ponemon Institute reveals that a majority of companies are putting critical data at risk by not having secure bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies in place. By ignoring simple security steps and employee BYOD education, companies are jeopardizing their confidential data, exposing it to theft, corruption, hackers, malware and more.

Last month, all media channels reported on Kate and William waiting for the arrival of their firstborn child. Finally, the Prince of Cambridge was born last week and the security expert firm, Trend Micro, started to report about spam messages that made use of the hype and were sent out amazingly fast amid the celebrations

The 15-page “BYOD Survival Guide”, published by Acronis this year, provides five tips for data security in the world of BYOD. Here‘s a summary for your convenience.

According to Veeam’s ten page whitepaper “Five Fundamentals of Modern Data Protection” the protection of company data has become a “given” for most company executives – including CFOs and many CIOs. Just because backup software has been purchased and IT staff salaries are being paid, companies assume that critical data and the applications that manage