NASA was informing employees this week that a laptop computer with personnel information such as social security numbers was stolen from a locked car two weeks ago.
Enterprise Security Services -- Concerns about the Cloud
November 14, 2012
A third of enterprises place highly sensitive data in the public cloud, despite serious concerns regarding cloud security and single sign-on capabilities.
The necessary levels of data security vary immensely between countries and regions – a simple password might function without a problem in one country but be completely ineffective in another to keep data secure within a device.
By 2020 the world is expected to generate 50 times the amount of information and 75 times the number of "information containers" while IT staff to manage it will grow less than 1.5 times.
In the beginning of September, a group of computer hackers calling themselves AntiSec announced that they had stolen a file containing unique identification data for 12,367,232 Apple iOS devices. They claimed the database was stolen from the compromised laptop of an FBI agent. Simultaneous to AntiSec’s release, the FBI denied the claim. To substantiate their claim, AntiSec released one million of the unique identifiers minus the personal data embedded in the stolen file.
