How to Wipe Your Hard Drive
January 16, 2019 Data Security
Category: Data Security
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Information is Beautiful Awards – Your Chance to Vote
December 17, 2018 Data Security
Some of the year’s best data-visualizations, interactives and scrollytellings have made the Information is Beautiful Awards 2018 Shortlist. Voting is now open to decide which works will win the Community Award at our ceremony in New York on Dec 4th. Plus your vote and all other visitor clicks represent five virtual people on our panel […]
Read MoreData Visualization in 2018
December 17, 2018 Data Security, Data Visualization
2018 Data Visualization Winners “Data visualization is a general term that describes any effort to help people understand the significance of data by placing it in a visual context. Patterns, trends and correlations that might go undetected in text-based data can be exposed and recognized easier with data visualization software.” Student = Shifting Gears: Visualizing Cycle […]
Read MoreWhat to Do After A Data Leak: 5 Critical Steps
July 17, 2018 Data Security
There were almost 1600 data breaches in the United States during 2017. Despite increased security measures, many businesses and organizations faced a situation where a data breach occurred. How you handle any data leak is important. Being prepared and taking immediate action can limit the damage caused by the incident as well as lower the […]
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Did you know that over 40 percent of companies suffer a data breach each year? There are many different ways in which data theft occurs. However, one area that companies often overlook is proper data disposal. Effective data security requires both digital and physical destruction of media. There are several data disposal systems on the […]
Read MoreThe growing importance of data destruction in retail
February 16, 2018 Data Security, Physical Destruction, Regulations & Compliance, SSD & Flash Media Destruction
Retailers store increasing amounts of classified data and must be prepared to safeguard it.
Read MoreWhere does data destruction fit in the IIoT
February 14, 2018 Data Security, Physical Destruction, Regulations & Compliance, SSD & Flash Media Destruction
While the IIoT and IoT are alike, businesses should anticipate key differences and be ready to properly sanitize data.
Read MoreThe importance of a data retention and deletion officer
February 9, 2018 Data Security, Regulations & Compliance, SSD & Flash Media Destruction
Data retention officers can police internal policy, determining which data should be kept and which should be destroyed.
Read MoreConsidering data sanitization as edge computing rises
February 7, 2018 Data Security
Proper hard disk destruction and solid state drive shredding may not come across as a hot-button issue in the tech world, but the rise of edge computing could put a renewed focus on how companies safeguard physical data assets.
Read MoreUnderstanding how to securely sanitize hybrid and SSD drives
February 5, 2018 Data Security, Degaussing Equipment, Physical Destruction, SSD & Flash Media Destruction
While hybrid drives improve upon HDD and SSD limitations, they can present a problem for secure data destruction.
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