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 [Moving at the Speed of Creativity] Wireless and hotel Internet security: The best defense against identity theft through a wireless access point or even a hotel broadband computer connection is a good offense in the form of a VPN connection. Schools should provide employees with VPN access to the school network, so they can connect in hotels and at open wireless access points through this secure “VPN tunnel.”

 [apple notebook] Laptop and Notebook Theft Prevention: In the event that your laptop has been stolen there is many different organizations that offer products and services that might help in a quick recovery or tracking of the device. Some products install a "call home" feature if the laptop is ever reconnected to an internet connection, or having serialized components that make tracking and recovery easier.

[Ferris.typepad.com] Ferris Research Weblog: Lost Laptops Fuelling Encryption Sales?: The laptop was stolen from Oklahoma State University's Career Service department and had confidential information (including SSN etc). Pl check out the following news coverage by KOTV

[Schneier.com] Schneier on Security: Encryption as Evidence of Criminal Intent: This suggests the investigation could be less about the data on the suspect's system (especially since PGP does a default 3-pass secure wipe) and more about how the private/public keys were handled relative to any online communication. After all, you can't post/email PGP encrypted information without a key exchange of some sort, so did anyone look into the keyring(s)?

 [Eweek.com] MCI Data Theft Intensifies Encryption Debate: Recent reports of embarrassing data breaches, coupled with stringent data privacy regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Sarbanes-Oxley Act, are softening long-standing reluctance by the private sector to adopt encryption technology, industry executives say. But experts advise organizations to plan carefully before introducing encryption and warn that the technology may not even be the best way to prevent data theft.

[Ct.techrepublic.com.com] TechRepublic Blog: Encrypt your data today!: The computer was password .Encryption is used when logging onto a system, SSL connections on the web, .

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