It’s easy to confuse data security with a strong firewall and other protections against cyber attacks. This aspect of the concept is undoubtedly important to making sure that any confidential and data you store remains safe; however, it’s far from the entire strategy. In fact, your employees may be the single biggest determinant on whether […]

SSD hard drives are sensitive to power issues. Every year, there are countless cases where someone fries their solid state drive because they used a faulty power cable, the wrong cable for their modular power supply, or there was a surge at the outlet and they weren’t using a surge protector. Just like that and

In decades past, security amounted to protecting valuable on-premises items. Today, criminals also target intangible items such as the data stored in your computers and servers. It doesn’t matter that an asset is digital. If it has value, cyber criminals will go after it. They have multiple ways of finding security vulnerabilities that expose sensitive

It seems so simple: your company is disposing of an old hard drive, so you simply wipe the data and recycle it. After all, what could possibly happen? As it turns out, quite a bit. As any security expert knows, simply wiping the data from your hard drive is not enough to actually delete it

Data breaches often occur from overlooked data security threats. If all of your efforts focus on hardening your networks against online hackers, then your data breaches will likely occur elsewhere. There are many ways that cybercriminals can get to your data. This is why a robust defense requires a broader approach to data security that

In an increasingly digital world, data security is becoming more important as predators seek to steal electronic information. Staying on top of the best security practices is important as you can be sure that those with malicious intent are evolving as well. What many people with the exception of computer professionals may not know is

Any business that handles sensitive data knows about the need to keep it safe. Ultimately, that means not just secure storage, but also destruction when it is no longer needed or relevant. Unfortunately, too many businesses take the wrong steps in going about destroying that data. Here are three of the most common (and false)

As we move closer to the new year, preparation is key to keep your technology requirements current and safe. The current state of data security is relatively dire, with countless businesses of all sizes finding themselves unprepared for ongoing and new threats to the integrity of their systems. But problems tend to present opportunities, and

Not so long ago, I was having a conversation with an IT professional at a state university. The topic of discussion was what happens to all of the computers on campus when they get too long in the tooth and get herded off to that great big systems unit roundup in the sky. Their answer:

Over the last few decades, technology has improved in leaps and bounds. Almost unbelievable ways of storing data exist which would have seemed like science fiction in the beginnings of computing. Computers have graduated from vacuum tubes to magnetic tapes, punch cards, metallic hard disks, floppy disks, and now solid-state data storage.  SSD cards allow

One of the hardest things to keep track of when it comes to technology is updating your systems units. It seems like your hardware can no longer keep up with the software. In no time at all, a very expensive computer is taking forever to boot up or it crashes constantly. This means another computer

Data is the modern currency. Every company, large or small, deal in terabytes of sensitive information. It is important to protect this information because if it leaks then that can spell disaster for both customers and employees. Why Should I Destroy My Hard Drive? What makes hard drives convenient is also what makes them dangerous.

The value of information and the data-related crime rate is constantly on the rise. Proper storage of data in secure formats and ensuring authorized access only is imperative as some of this information is sensitive and would have devastating consequences if it fell into the wrong hands. Any prudent data consumer would be careful as

Our daily lives are inundated with such a quantity of data that we no longer think about how much information we have. Be it on our phones, our desktops, our laptops, or our flash drives, we carry the fingerprints of our digital and personal lives everywhere. More dangerously, many people leave these fingerprints everywhere. For

As technology improves, it may be time to upgrade hardware in your business. Physical hardware stores a lot of sensitive data, which you want to keep safe. Destroying the drives is the best way to eliminate the security risks when disposing of hard drives. Here are some tips that will help you with the equipment