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Securing Laptops With Full Disk Encryption

Overview This white paper reviews the driving factors behind the increasing use of laptops in business activities, look at the data and information security issues associated with laptop systems, discuss the overall benefits and challenges of encryption as an effective mechanism in mitigating the increasing threat of lost business and personal data, present the overall benefits of full disk encryption, and introduce PGP Corporation's highly effective approach to the implementation, rollout, and management of a full disk encryption system.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	IDG (International Data Group)	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2007
Format	White Papers
Topics	Removable Storage, Security Management, Hard Drives

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Channel:
Storage
Tags:
data,
theft,
security,
ipod

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Channel:
Weekly Round-up

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Publisher:
ZDNet UK

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Publisher:
ntl:Telewest Business

IBM Information Server Change Data Capture

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Publisher:
IBM

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Publisher:
IBM

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