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NEW TECH: DigiCert Document Signing Manager leverages PKI to advance electronic signatures

The Last Watchdog

Most of us, by now, take electronic signatures for granted. Yet electronic signatures do have their security limitations. And PKI , of course, is the behind-the-scenes authentication and encryption framework on which the Internet is built. Related: Why PKI will endure as the Internet’s secure core.

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Information Security vs Cyber Security: The Difference

IT Governance

You’re most likely to access data on your work computer or via paper records, but information can be found in many places. The second sub-category of information security relates to the protection electronic information. Cyber security covers any process or technology designed to protect electronic data.

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PCI DSS: Which PCI SAQ is Right for My Business?

IT Governance

Card imprint machines are non-electronic machines that make an imprint of the payment card, transferring the imprint onto a carbon paper receipt, which is then stored by the merchant. Dial-out terminals are electronic machines that use chip and PIN and swipe cards, or require users to manually key in information. Get started.

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What is data loss and how does it work?

IT Governance

Unlike desktop computers, laptops don’t have extra covers to protect them from water damage, which increases your risk of electronic components short circuiting. Computer viruses. When the victim opens the file, the malicious program encrypts the data on their device and potentially spreads across the network.

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

When we do the weekly supermarket shop online, we should be able to move our shopping list electronically. Perhaps the Government could respond on that point. When a consumer wants to move to a new energy supplier, they should be able to take their usage history with them rather than guess and pay over the odds.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: EP 69 Self-Healing Operating Systems

ForAllSecure

companies like Verizon, Google, Microsoft, State Street Bank, mutual, BNP Paribas, some oil companies, and and then through our work at MIT Sloan, we also get very much involved with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory which is CSAIL. Somebody's trying to say encrypt the whole database or exfiltrate the whole database.

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Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom

Schneier on Security

The company collects a laundry list of data about you, including user name, physical address, email address, phone number, job information, Facebook profile information, computer or phone specs, IP address, and any other information you create or upload. Zoom's encryption is awful. They're also lying about the type of encryption.

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