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FTC Laptop Theft Exposes Consumer Data

The Federal Trade Commission -- an agency whose mission includes consumer protection and occasionally involves suing companies for negligence in protecting customer information -- today disclosed a recent theft of two laptop computers containing personal and financial data on consumers. More…

Laptop Security

“With or without government intervention, encryption and passwords should certainly be the first line of defence”

Robert Ellis Smith, Publisher, Privacy Journal, Forbes.com

 

2. Losing unencrypted digital data

nokVAULT security is like having military grade defence:

Despite repeated warnings of the dangers of storing unencrypted data on laptops, most reported data breaches involve electronically stored data, often held in a format not secured with firewalls, intrusion detection or file encryption. Sixty-five percent of business Travellers admit that they do not take steps to protect the confidential information contained on their laptops when travelling, forty-two percent say they don't back up their data before going on a trip, resulting in a loss for the Travellers far beyond the monitory value of the laptops4. When you encrypt your files they are 100% secure. Forget to encrypt? nokVAULT “On-the-fly” encryption retains your files original security settings - nokVAULT has you covered, providing true data protection at all times. nokVAULT can prevent your valuable assets from being compromised even if stolen by rendering your proprietary information and data completely indecipherable to unauthorized users and minimizing risk. Your data is safe, secure, and secret!

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