Aflac clients" data stolen
Insurance giant Aflac said Monday that a laptop computer containing personal information on hundreds of customers was stolen from an agent"s car in the Greenville area. The computer contained names, addresses, Social Security numbers and birth dates of 61...
Laptop with data on 28,000 home care patients stolen in Detroit
A laptop containing home care information on 28,000 patients has been stolen from the car of a nurse who works for Royal Oak, Mich.-based Beaumont Hospitals, according to a statement from the hospital. The laptop was in the nurse"s car, which was stolen ...
Fiberlink rolls out security service aimed at keeping corporate data safe
Fiberlink on Monday announced its Managed Information Protection Service security service. The offering lets network managers monitor and control how data is used by mobile and remote employees. Fiberlink integrated Verdasys Technology's software with its...
eDiscovery Search Tools Take On Compliance Needs
Symantec is making it easier for companies to comply with new government regulations requiring them to find and present files to external legal teams during litigation proceedings. With Monday"s release of Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator 6.0, an ex...
Privacy Worries Spur New Search Engine Tool
Web developers at Unspam Technologies Inc. have created a new tool that helps consumers protect their privacy by sending erroneous search data to AOL, Ask, Google, MSN, and Yahoo on their behalf. Unspam CEO Matthew Prince said Lost In The Crowd took one ...
Officials Seek Broader Access to Airline Data
United States and European authorities, looking for more tools to detect terrorist plots, want to expand the screening of international airline passengers by digging deep into a vast repository of airline itineraries, personal information and payment data....
DHS IG calls for better RFID security
The Homeland Security Department has good control over the physical security of its radio frequency identification (RFID) systems, but the department needs to address some related vulnerabilities before those systems are completely secure, according to the...