Posted by Ken Leeser in Data Breach Notification, Data Loss Prevention, IT Security, Managed Security Services, Massachusetts Data Privacy
January
21

As more and more critical applications and services move to the cloud, organizations are increasingly receptive to the idea of using a managed security service to protect their network and information assets. The number and types of external threats to a network are growing exponentially, and unless a company has a dedicated and highly specialized [...]

Posted by Ken Leeser in Compliance, Data Loss Prevention, Encryption, IT Security, Massachusetts Data Privacy
January
5

Need a solution to encrypt your current USB flash drives? With the new Massachusetts Data Privacy regulations just around the corner you may want to look at a FREE application from Rohos (www.rohos.com). Rohos Mini Drive creates a hidden, encrypted partition on USB flash drive memory devices. This free, portable encryption tool allows [...]

Posted by Ken Leeser in Data Loss Prevention
October
23

Special thanks to the PC GUY. See his post @  http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/thepcguy_102309.html
Secretly tucked away in the innards of the Windows operating system is a handy utility. It’s called onscreen keyboard. You access it by clicking the Start button and then clicking Run.
The Run function is used by technical folks to execute diagnostic commands based on old, [...]

Posted by Ken Leeser in Compliance, Data Loss Prevention, IT Security, Process Improvement
September
1

To many, data security is seen as merely an effort to protect against data loss or exposure. Consequently, this perspective unfairly positions data security as a cost for which the benefit is: “So far as we know, nothing happened.”
 
A better approach would be to associate the value of the data with the business process it [...]