Stories about: nCipher

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Encryption key management worries loom 28 November, 2007 12:30

As long as IT managers encrypt data using only one vendor's products, the keys used to decrypt that data can be relatively easy to manage. But it will likely become much more complicated as more vendors build encryption into more and different types of storage devices, each with their own key management system, and as users need to move encrypted data among devices for disaster recovery, legal discovery or simply everyday business communications.
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Building up database defenses 20 August, 2006 09:34

Chief Security Officer Barak Engel doesn't store many customer credit card numbers at San Francisco-based Loyalty Lab, which runs customer loyalty programs for retailers. But he protects those numbers fiercely.
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Retailers fail to pass security test 10 July, 2006 15:05

A full year after the deadline, a majority of large merchants face potential fines because they still aren't in compliance with a data security standard created by major credit card companies including American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa.
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Safe and sound 19 April, 2006 10:15

No matter how much you trust your staff, you can no longer take chances with personal information on clients, patients or staff.
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Questions surround smartphone security 22 August, 2005 14:15

Wireless vendors are rolling out a new generation of handheld computers called smartphones for corporate users, but many network executives say they won't consider them until the means to manage and secure them are clear.
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Key management holding back encryption 04 August, 2005 08:00

Businesses are keener than ever to roll out data encryption, but are still struggling with the complexity of key management, a new survey has concluded.
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Black Hat event highlights RFID and VoIP security threats 02 August, 2005 09:03

The Black Hat conference - an annual event where security professionals get in touch with their inner hacker and vice versa - has for nine years been a stage for detailing new security exploits and sharing visions of the future.
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Security's 'simple' truth 25 May, 2005 11:26

It all sounds so simple. You save your data to a tape cartridge. When you have enough cartridges, you put them in a box and send them off to be stored. And yet, we can't seem to go a week without some company reporting another -- usually boneheaded -- data loss. This time it's Time Warner wearing the dunce cap: the media giant lost 40 tapes with personal information on about 600,000 current and former employees as the tapes were in transit to a storage facility.
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Taking defence down to the data 11 May, 2005 13:32

As an organization that is mandated by law to comply with data privacy and security regulations, The Henssler Financial Group has implemented all of the usual technologies, such as firewalls and intrusion-detection systems, to protect its perimeters and networks.
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WS-Security products make their way to the shelves 23 July, 2004 11:48

Reactivity and RSA Security have both leapt on the latest security spec with new products to protect Web apps -- something they hope will encourage companies to invest in software-as-a-service projects.
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Microsoft partnering to lock docs 26 February, 2004 08:29

Microsoft announced partnerships with 20 companies to secure digital information from unauthorized use employing so-called rights management technology.