Sam's Club Theft Puts the Cap on a Bad Year for Information Security: 2005 May Be the Worst Year for Reported Breaches in Data Security and Risk of Identity Theft.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (ContentDesk) December 19, 2005 -- Just before the start of the New Year, Sams Club, a division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., announced a security breach that exposed the sensitive data of an unspecified number of its credit-card holders. Sams Club became aware of the theft after some of its customers began reporting fraudulent charges on their credit cards. The theft put the finishing touches on what may have been the worst year ever for information security breaches -- a year in which the sensitive financial records of more than 50 million Americans were exposed to the potential of identity theft, according to Warren Smith, VP of marketing for GuardianEdge Technologies Inc., a market leader in reducing the cost and complexity of network and data security for large organizations. Other breaches that were reported in 2005 involved Bank of America, Mastercard, ChoicePoint, Lexis-Nexis, the University of California, Tufts University, Polo Ralph Lauren and numerous other public and private organizations. In all, at least 50 million Americans were affected, says Smith.Identity theft is the deliberate and unauthorized use of another person's financial or social security information, usually to gain fraudulent access to bank or credit card accounts.
According to Smith, data encryption is one of the most effective tools an organization can use to protect consumer data from this sort of risk. "However, consumer data is not the only type of critical business information that is vulnerable. Inspect the IT infrastructure of any major organization and you will likely find sensitive business information strewn around the perimeter of the enterprise on unsecured laptops, PDAs, smart phones and other mobile computing devices."GuardianEdge provides data and network security solutions that protect sensitive and proprietary information in large enterprises. Organizations around the world use GuardianEdge solutions to protect sensitive and proprietary information, to ensure compliance with rules for safeguarding privacy, and to enable secure enterprise mobility. The companys solutions include Encryption Plus Hard Disk, which provides 100% full hard drive data encryption and access control, as well as the new Encryption Anywhere platform, a flexible, scalable framework for managing access to corporate data and devices -- including PCs, PDAs, smart phones and removable storage devices.
Our job is to give IT and security administrators the tools they need to leverage the advantages of the mobile enterprise while protecting sensitive data and reducing compliance risk," says Smith.Established in 1984, GuardianEdge is headquartered in San Francisco and serves an installed base of more than half a million active users at leading global corporate and governmental organizations, including Lockheed Martin Corp., Deutsche Bank AG and Humana Inc. For more information, visit the GuardianEdge Web site at www.guardianedge.com.
Hurricane Damaged Gulf Coast Region Reels as Mounting Debts Increase
Houston, TX (ContentDesk) June 26, 2006 - Hundreds of thousands of families and homeowners in the Gulf Coast Region are facing financial disaster.
Property listings are on the rise, reaching record levels and driving down prices in the region.
The traditional real estate community realizes that a healthy real estate environment in this market is a thing of the past.
There are fewer buyers and many more sellers.To make matters worse, the temporary moratorium on mortgage foreclosures by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in effect since last year ends August 31st , which will force thousands of foreclosures.???? Homeowners are hurting financially, says Larry Haines, founder of BPI Management, Inc., based in The Woodlands, Texas.
BPIs mission is to bring active and savvy real estate investors who have financial resources to buy properties from motivated sellers into the region.
These investors are looking for great deals. That is the bottom line,...
Hurricane Damaged Gulf Coast Region Reels as Mounting Debts Increase
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Different RAID Levels
Different Types of RAID RAID Level 0RAID Level 0 or striping is optimized for performance at the expense of fault tolerance. Drives in a RAID 0 array organizes data in such a way that it is striped across the multiple drives. A RAID Level 0 array can contain any number of stripes. In RAID 0 if you have 2 x 60 gig drives the array size will be 120 gig.The reason RAID 0 is a performance-enhancing configuration is that striping enables the array to access data from multiple drives at the same time. In other words, since the data is spread out across a number of drives in the array, it can be accessed faster because it's not bottled up on a single drive.
This is especially beneficial for retrieving very large files, since they can be spread out effectively across multiple drives and accessed as if it were the size of any of the fragments it is organized into on the data stripes. The downside to RAID Level 0 configurations is that it sacrifices fault tolerance, raising the risk of...
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Winegard Company Announces Reorganization Of Data Technology International, LLC
Burlington, IA (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) December 30, 2006 -- Winegard Company, majority owner of Data Technology International, LLC ("Data Tech") announces its reorganization of Data Tech effective January 1, 2006.
The operations of Data Tech, formed in June, 2004 for the development, marketing and sales of mobile internet antenna products, which have been based in Salt Lake City, Utah, will be moved to Winegard Company's offices in Burlington, Iowa.
Data Tech has been engaged in the development of technologies which deliver two-way fixed/transportable mobile satellite internet systems, as well as the sale of high speed internet bandwidth through an agreement with Hughes Network Systems (HNS).
These products allow customers to access Internet and information technologies virtually anywhere in the world.
Data Tech will continue the development of products and sales of such services from a new...
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No More Four Eyes
If you are sick of wearing glasses or fiddling with contacts, you should consider laser eye surgery.Laser surgery to correct your vision is a well tested procedure but is not for everyone so do not enter into it lightly. Done as outpatient surgery, most people are back to their normal routines in a couple of days and some report improved vision upon waking the next day!There are a couple of procedures avaialbe and each has different recovery and vision improvement times - you should discuss each option with your doctor to find out which is best for your needs. Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) is the most well known. In this procedure, a flap is cut in the cornea and then tissue is removed to reshape it. This surgery is fast and has a quick healing time of 2 days with immediate improvement in sight.Photo Refractive Keratectomy (PRK) is the oldest of the procedures.
This surgery reshapes the cornea by removing cells from the surface. The healing time is quite long ...
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3 Steps to Equipment Financing Success.
Mortgage Brokers interested in adding equipment financing to their revenues can do so by following 3 easy steps.
Starting a commercial equipment financing business can be a doubly successful endeavour for mortgage brokers because it can generate a new income stream as well as open up more doors for building their existing mortgage business. Also, financing
equipment can be a good stepping stone for a mortgage broker into the more complicated world of project & commercial...
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The Sky's the Limit!
A gift basket is a great idea for just about any occasion. From birthdays and holidays to special events or even "just because", there are many gift basket ideas. When you are trying to come up with the perfect gift for an occasion, a gift basket is often the perfect option.First you should decide if you want to purchase a ready made gift basket or create your own. Many gift basket retailers can customize their products for a customer, especially if you are ordering a large quantity of an item....
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Millionaire Mindset: Is Your Brain Sabotaging Your Wealth and Success?
Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have success with every they do? Do they have some magical power which helps them accumulate wealth that you don't? Would you like to quickly get that power? In a recent interview for the List Crusade program, T. Harv Eker revealed what he calls the Millionaire Mindset-which gives extremely successful individuals what seems to be an "unfair advantage." (Note: To access T. Harv Eker's complete audio interview for fre^e, see end of article) Harv is...
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