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Every year we read news articles about data breaches and millions of customers, patients, employees, etc. data being unshielded. Unfortunately, one of the reasons these data breaches occur is that not all companies can stay on top of all the proper ways to protect data and the people the data belongs to. We live in […]

Every business or organization has lots of data stored its computers’ hard drives. Just a single hard drive can contain hundreds of sensitive financial information, email messages, social security numbers, medical information, customer information and more. This means that when you finally decide to get rid of your no longer functional computer or laptop, destroying

Employee information, receipts, credit card transactions, customer information, healthcare forms contain so much information. Hard drives in numerous machines in your office can store information from these documents. However, if a hacker comes in contact with this information, it will be like unlocking a treasure chest. If you delete the information from the device before

Healthcare organizations across North America today are all facing the same challenges when it comes to the balance between the security of patient data and the need for productivity. As data breaches become more and more frequent, these organizations are looking for solutions to help resolve these vulnerabilities.  Full Disk Encryption One of the best

You might see a lot of products available for fast and reliable data security. The information you keep on your storage media is crucial to the security of your company and also your clients. Hackers don’t always access your files via the internet, but often in very obvious, physical means. They will stop at nothing and stoop

We focus on keeping our business and homes clean, but how many of us really focus on our cyber hygiene? Much like our bodies, homes, and businesses, our cyber security needs routine maintenance to stay healthy. With the threat of more than 50 percent of United States businesses in line for a cyber attack, your

Techno-thrillers can teach you all about how to destroy the data on a hard drive. Unfortunately, most of the ways you’ll learn are unsafe, ineffective, or both. To get rid of truly sensitive data, you should use equipment that will safely reduce the drive to little fragments. Providing that equipment is what we do at

A recent Dateline series discussed the burden of e-waste in Ghana, but the threat this poses to your business makes this documentary relevant to your business. There are literally thousands of computers being dumped in Ghana each day. What’s worst is Ghana residents are using data recovery tools to pillage sensitive information off of the hard drive

You know how important your data is to your business. You educate your employees on how important it is to keep confidential information within your organization and implement security measures to safeguard your data and keep your systems secure. But the very thing that makes working with information necessary is what makes it most vulnerable:

Your digital data is there to work for you in so many ways, but can also work against you if not disposed of properly. When given the opportunity data thieves will prey on your personal or business data. In fact, data theft is a global threat. There’s no way of protecting your sensitive data without

A hard disk (HDD) is a non-removable disk that stores a large amount of sensitive information by storing software and data files on your PC. A HDD essentially holds your personal as well as business files. A hard disk is also known as an electro-mechanical data storage device with magnetic storage with retrieval capabilities. However,

Solid state drives (SSDs) are becoming increasingly popular as companies move away from traditional data storage technologies such as hard drives, because SSDs can hold large amounts of data easily and be rapidly accessed. Examples of SSDs include miniaturized electronic devices and data storage media that include USBs, PDAs, smart phones and circuit boards. Encryption

The new Data Breach Notification Laws came into effect in February 2018. Now you may be asking yourself, “Do these laws affect me?” They’d affect any business which either has a revenue of $3 million or over or deals with a client’s TFN. Kamino recently surveyed advisers, accountants, and superannuation funds, and asked them specifically

According to the 2018 IBM funded Ponemon Institute’s Cost of a Data Breach study, it takes an average of 196 days for companies to detect a data breach. Research shows that the average cost of a data breach for American companies is an estimated $7.91 million. Data security is a very important priority for business,

Each year, millions of computers are retired. Sometimes their components, such as memory cards, power supplies, and other bits and pieces like fans and cases are recycled by intrepid IT workers. But a lot of the time, the units are disposed of whole, making their ways into some of the least secure environments on the