Recycling Disks the Wrong Way can Bite you!

Recycling Disks the Wrong Way can Bite you!

Recycling Disks the Wrong Way can Bite you! ​ Recycling old technology is big business. Companies employ life cycle management for their IT hardware. Disposing of used servers, storage, and networking equipment on your own can be expensive and time-consuming and often...
HIPAA Can’t Protect Privacy In Medical Apps

HIPAA Can’t Protect Privacy In Medical Apps

HIPAA Can’t Protect Privacy In Medical Apps   Americans may soon be able to get their medical records through smartphone apps as easily as they order takeout food from Seamless or catch a ride from Lyft. But prominent medical organizations are warning that...
Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third Party Vendors

Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third Party Vendors

Companies Sharing Your Data with Their Third-Party Vendors It seems that every day there’s another news headline about how companies are using consumer data. Facebook was in the news again recently when the FTC slapped it with a $5 billion fine based on...
Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks

Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks

Has New Storage Tech Made It Impossible To Securely Erase Old Hard Disks In the olden days, when you wanted to replace your hard drive with a bigger one, you’d run a “secure erase” on it to completely remove any personal data. This would write zeros to the entire...