Lost devices and data theft remain a major worry for enterprise IT firms. One way to protect against data loss is full-device encryption, now made easier to implement via self-encrypting hard drives ...

The world’s six largest computer drive makers Tuesday published the final specifications (download PDF) for a single, full-disk encryption standard that can be used across all hard disk drives, solid ...

Vendors of encryption products are seeing an opportunity for themselves in the growing acceptance of the Macintosh platform in mainstream enterprise IT environments. Over the last few weeks, two ...

You might be shocked to learn this, but when a quivering-lipped Chloe from 24 cracks the encryption on a terrorist's hard drive in 30 seconds, the TV show is faking it. "So what? It's just a TV show." ...

I remember this announcement back in 2005, when Seagate first announced that they would release a hard drive with full disk encryption (FDE). Well, they now have the Momentus FDE line of notebook ...

Deleting a file on a computer rarely means it is gone. On traditional hard drives and many solid-state drives, what disappears from view often lingers in the background, recoverable with the right ...

In Fall 2017, Miami University IT Services rolled out full disk encryption (FDE). Almost everyone who works at Miami has some confidential information, as defined in MUPIM 3.22, on their computers. By ...

A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating system. BitLocker is a full-volume encryptor that ...

Last week, a video by security researcher StackSmashing demonstrated an exploit that could break Microsoft’s BitLocker drive encryption in “less than 50 seconds” using a custom PCB and a Raspberry Pi ...

Multicloud security firm Fortanix Inc. today announced the addition of file system encryption to its Fortanix Data Security Manager to bolster full-stack data security. The new File System Encryption ...

A single security breach can jeopardize everything you’ve built. The theft of intellectual property and confidential customer data can result in a cascade of consequences, from hefty financial losses ...