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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Self-wiping hard drives from Toshiba
Toshiba announces a family of self-encrypting hard disk drives (HDDs) engineered to automatically invalidate protected data when connected to an unknown host.
The new Toshiba Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models enable OEMs to configure different data invalidation options that align with various end-user scenarios.
Designed to address the increasing need for IT departments to comply with privacy laws and regulations governing data security, the drives are ideally suited for PC, copier and multi-function printer, and point-of-sale systems used in government, financial, medical, or similar environments with an acute need to protect sensitive information.
The new Toshiba Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) models enable OEMs to configure different data invalidation options that align with various end-user scenarios.
Designed to address the increasing need for IT departments to comply with privacy laws and regulations governing data security, the drives are ideally suited for PC, copier and multi-function printer, and point-of-sale systems used in government, financial, medical, or similar environments with an acute need to protect sensitive information.
IT data management concerns
LogLogic announced the findings to an IT Data Management survey carried out amongst 164 IT managers and directors.
The research aims to establish how IT data is being managed and utilised within UK organizations.
Key findings:
He continued: “Our research found that only 19.8 percent of c’level directors are currently asked to review IT data. This drops to 13 percent when the same question is asked of their board directors. This will however change in due course as IT data warehousing and management becomes the crux of IT decision-making and CIOs and IT managers assess their ability to implement modern computing models in the enterprise.
Current IT infrastructures have grown into a chaos of applications, agents and devices that generate an increasing amount of IT data. This data provides a wealth of information on how systems are being used, how they are performing, where to drive efficiencies, and how to meet compliance mandates and increase security.
The research aims to establish how IT data is being managed and utilised within UK organizations.
- Only 14 percent of survey respondents could say that they highly trusted the quality of their IT data and had no concerns. Staggering then that 81 percent said they used their IT data for compliance purposes.
- A huge 41 percent admitted that they couldn’t readily access all of their IT data and 48 percent added that it wasn’t in the right, useable format.
- 49 percent said that they couldn’t easily create reports. Confirming this, the research found that only 16.2 percent could create IT data reports in real time, 25 percent would take longer than five hours (and 13 percent of those estimating it taking longer than 24 hours).
- Of those who could create reports and insights from their IT data, only 26 percent said they were actionable.
- 43 percent don’t use their IT data to help manage service level agreements and 44 percent don’t use it for operational planning either.
- 36 percent of respondents estimate that less than 49 percent of the IT data that they need to need to report on and analyse is available to them and accessible for compliance, security or operational intelligence purposes.
He continued: “Our research found that only 19.8 percent of c’level directors are currently asked to review IT data. This drops to 13 percent when the same question is asked of their board directors. This will however change in due course as IT data warehousing and management becomes the crux of IT decision-making and CIOs and IT managers assess their ability to implement modern computing models in the enterprise.
Current IT infrastructures have grown into a chaos of applications, agents and devices that generate an increasing amount of IT data. This data provides a wealth of information on how systems are being used, how they are performing, where to drive efficiencies, and how to meet compliance mandates and increase security.
HD video security on the iPad
To help you keep tabs on your home or office anytime, anywhere, Logitech introduced the Logitech Alert app for iPad which makes it easy to access your Logitech Alert digital video security system.
The Logitech Alert app for iPad is one of the first iPad apps developed strictly for tablet-based HD digital video surveillance. The app lets you view 720p HD video coupled with rich sound quality that’s captured by the user’s Logitech Alert cameras — including the Logitech Alert 750i Master System, the weatherproof Logitech Alert 750e Outdoor Master System and any Logitech Alert Add-On Camera — giving you the ability to see and hear what’s going on at home or the office even when you’re miles away.
The Logitech Alert app for iPad is one of the first iPad apps developed strictly for tablet-based HD digital video surveillance. The app lets you view 720p HD video coupled with rich sound quality that’s captured by the user’s Logitech Alert cameras — including the Logitech Alert 750i Master System, the weatherproof Logitech Alert 750e Outdoor Master System and any Logitech Alert Add-On Camera — giving you the ability to see and hear what’s going on at home or the office even when you’re miles away.
App employs facial recognition to prevent visual eavesdropping
Oculis Labs released PrivateEye Enterprise, a desktop security application that employs facial recognition and detection algorithms with a standard webcam to actively protect information displayed on computer screens.
PrivateEye Enterprise offers a way to secure information used by CEOs, CFOs, auditors, consultants, lawyers, doctors, investigators, HR personnel and other users seeking greater privacy.
IT Administrators can manage client policies from a standard Group Policy Management console and can tailor PrivateEye Enterprise policies for the entire domain, business units, or individual users. Importantly, this solution complies with Windows’ Server Group Policy allowing any Windows-based organization to add PrivateEye Enterprise seamlessly to its existing IT infrastructure.
PrivateEye Enterprise offers a way to secure information used by CEOs, CFOs, auditors, consultants, lawyers, doctors, investigators, HR personnel and other users seeking greater privacy.
IT Administrators can manage client policies from a standard Group Policy Management console and can tailor PrivateEye Enterprise policies for the entire domain, business units, or individual users. Importantly, this solution complies with Windows’ Server Group Policy allowing any Windows-based organization to add PrivateEye Enterprise seamlessly to its existing IT infrastructure.