Privacy & Security A guide to encrypting portable devices Howard Solomon @HowardITWC Published: January 18th, 2013In less than a year there government departments have reported three major losses of portable devices with unencrypted personal data.Apparently individuals ignored departmental policies in each case that required data to be encrypted.Assuming your employer has an encryption policy for portable devices with personal data – you do know, don’t you? — what about protecting the hardware we own?PC World’s Alex Castle has a piece on encrypting hard drives, USB drives and Internet traffic that’s worth looking into. (Encryption graphic by Shutterstock) RELATED CONTENTAnother data loss at Human Resources CanadaFederal department loses data on 5.000 peopleElections Ontario lashed for missing data fiasco Encryption isn’t that hard. But it does take realization that if you are carrying around company data on a personal device — and with corporate BYOD spreading that’s increasingly likely — you should be taking extra precautions. Read the whole story here Related Download Sponsor: CanadianCIO Cybersecurity Conversations with your Board – A Survival Guide A SURVIVAL GUIDE BY CLAUDIO SILVESTRI, VICE-PRESIDENT AND CIO, NAV CANADA Download Now Privacy & Security security strategies
