Tag Archives: security

Understanding the tool – Full Hard Drive Encryption

February 3, 2012 – 8:52 am

CNET and others have been running stories lately regarding a new feature of a product called Passware Kit Forensic 11.3 which has the ability to now recover the encryption keys from Apple’s FileVault 2 Full Hard Drive Encryption software.  While the articles themselves have done a balanced job of describing the risks, it frustrates me that novices [...]

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Make them pay

January 17, 2012 – 9:35 pm

I think everyone who reads this knows that I am a bit of a security wonk, so I read with interest an article about the latest breaches to corporate security and loss of customer data: Even Big Companies Cannot Protect Their Data. “It’s disturbing,” Ms. Scott said in an interview on Monday. “Companies have to [...]

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Bruce Schneier @ TED

April 26, 2011 – 8:37 pm

Bruce Schneier: The security mirage Thanks to Tiffany for sharing this with me. A great talk by a really brilliant guy. The TED talks are always a great collection of really bright people talking (I have linked to them before: Why, how, what). You should look at the full list and find some, you will [...]

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