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Be careful when you dispose of old computers |
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We always recommend clients wipe hard disks before disposing of their computers. Hitting the delete button is not enough to get rid of the information, so extra protection is required. For general use PCs a tool such as Dukes Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is great - overwriting your files with lots of rubbish data to make your information irretrievable. And for more sensitive machines and file servers disks can be shredded and physically destroyed for a couple of pounds.
An NHS Trust has now fallen foul of the Data Protection Act and risks a hefty fine for losing hard disks from old computers.
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Egress Shortlisted for British Accountancy Awards |
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Encryption software Egress Switch has been shortlisted for 'Software Package of the Year' 2011 at the British Accountancy Awards.
Egress Switch simplifies encryption and enables clients to reply completely free of charge, unlike conventional email encryption products that are often complicated to use and difficult to deploy.
Egress Switch is rapidly becoming the product of choice for Accountancy firms looking to transfer confidential information by email. Designed to cater for sole practitioners to multi-office firms, Egress Switch enables accountants to share sensitive information electronically, using a combination of public and private cloud infrastructure.
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Passwords protect you from Worms |
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Morto is a worm that allows unauthorized access to an affected computer. It may not sound that serious, but once on your machine it has full administrator access, giving it access to all the files and information on your computers.
Morto (otherwise know as "Worm: Win32/Morto.A") is an old‐fashioned computer worm, which spreads over the Internet and targets Windows workstations and servers by exploiting poorly chosen weak passwords. Over the last two weeks it has spread rapidly round the world, showing just how many organisations have weak administrator passwords on their network.
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Device Scanner from DriveLock |
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