The French government yesterday hinted at plans to ease its encryption laws, which are currently considered the strongest in Europe. France is one of the few countries in the world that does not permit companies to use or export 56bit encryption...
IBM has been given the all clear from the US government to export business PCs with 256-bit digital key encryption and management facilities. Previous regulations did not allow machines with more than 56-bit key decryption to be exported outside...
You get more bang for your buck when you also deal with the other aspects of change. The report, "Profile of World-Class Information Technology," surveyed more than 2,000 companies, including more than 80 per cent of the Fortune 1,000.
Skype's protocols cannot be secured by standard firewall products. While Skype's strong encryption prevents interception and eavesdropping, the software is still vulnerable to the vishing (phishing scams over VoIP) and social engineering threats...
Therefore authorised personnel need to be given passwords of a suitable complexity that they can be remembered but not cracked. The issue of data encryption has been brought into sharp focus recently with the HMRC data loss fiasco.
Wicks added: "Policies and procedures should be put in place, as well as technology controls that either stop people being able to download sensitive information onto these devices or ensure the data is encrypted… If you start from this premise...
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