Security experts have issued warnings to internet users to be wary of scammers using news of Osama bin Laden’s death to spread malware. Paul Ducklin of computer security company Sophos said on his blog, “Watch out for the links you’re likely to come across in email or on social networking sites offering you additional coverage […]
IronKey and Ceedo have jointly launched a secure workspace visualisation solution, designed for mobile enterprises. The solution from IronKey and Ceedo isolates the user’s workspace, taking all their data & applications from their work PC, and stores it on a portable IronKey device. You can read more at marketwire.com
Black Umbrella, a disaster-preparedness company use IronKey for critical document storage and organization. President of Black Umbrella, Catherine Hooper says: “We scan, store and digitize people’s critical documents, wills, trusts, powers of attorney, insurance documents. We put them on a special, secure thumb drive called an IronKey. “ Whilst only a small part of what […]
Top Ten Reviews provides a technical and in-depth review of the IronKey Personal D200, a must-read for the techies among you. Key points: The encryption is hardware-based 256-bit AES validated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to meet the Level 3 criteria of FIPS 140-2. AES is the Advanced Encryption Standard adopted by […]
In another warning story, this time from the USA, internet marketing firm Epsilon was the target of a specific attack, allowing customers’ confidential data to be exposed. The theft of the confidential information (in this case, email addresses) can enable hackers to use phishing to trick the customer into revealing further confidential information. In this […]
IronKey has announced that its Trusted Access for Banking and IronKey Enterprise have achieved updated certified interoperability with RSA SecureID 4.1, software from RSA (the security division of EMC). This certification allows the IronKey to utilise the RSA SecurID platform with financial malware protection and mobile data encryption solutions. What is the RSA Secured Partner […]
PC World reports that the enterprise, rather than the consumer, will be the predicted cybercrime target for 2010. “As the new decade opens, cybercrime is diverging down a different path as cyber attacks move beyond the financial services industry and malware makes a shift from targeting consumer desktops to employees in the enterprise,” states the […]
A key feature of IronKey’s security means that incorrect password attempts over 10, results in the hardware encryption chip self destructing. Here are some handy hints to ensure that you aren’t the cause of your own IronKey self destructing: store the password in your personal account on my.ironkey.com securely backup your IronKey files on your […]
Secure Active UK provides a picture tutorial on the IronKey Enterprise, an option for companies or businesses with two or more IronKeys, which enable the administrator to fully control the devices including the ability to remotely disable and wipe the devices if necessary. Device logs are also available so that companies can be in control […]
NZICT, the tech industry association, is chatting to a number of potential parties about a publicly listed company which allows for investment in small technology companies. Endeavour Capital Chairman Neville Jordan is keen on the idea, as he believes that investors are looking for liquidity. What would be the range of tech businesses available? Perhaps […]
