The two issues for corporates are encryption and authentication. Using data encryption in Windows 2000 can dramatically slow down your corporate network, according to Intel's EMEA marketing director, Andy Greenhalgh.
Furthermore, there is now a wealth of supportive guidance to help customers deploy securely. It supports PKI, data encryption, identity management, system management, network security, audit, authentication and authorisation.
Not all the pieces are in place yet for people to be able to freely and securely tap into online data while on the move, said Mundie. He pitched BitLocker, a disk drive encryption feature in the higher-end version of Vista, as a way to lock down...
Policies, processes and a "corporate ethos" of care of data are more important in securing sensitive information than using encryption technology. Encryption has been back in the spotlight following the HM Revenue & Customs data breach that led to...
Other topics to hit the security headlines in 2007 included wi-fi piggybacking, encryption technology and calls for a standalone police unit to tackle the ever more sophisticated world of cyber crime.
Mick Gorrill, assistant commissioner at the ICO, added in a statement: "It is essential that before a company allows personal information to leave its premises on a laptop there are adequate security procedures in place to protect personal...