Resources
BOSaNOVA's Q3 is a non-intrusive hardware appliance that secures
data at rest with encryption. Learn more about storage security with the
resources below.
Storage Security Articles
LTO4 with encryption on iSeries - Why it might not be what you expect.
Hardware vs.
Software Encryption [pdf]
The Importance of Data Security
Best Practices for
Choosing and Implementing a Storage Encryption Solution
What You Need to Know About
Encryption With V6R1
Case Studies
Q3
Spirit Bank
Secures Data with the Q3 [pdf]
Whitepapers
Whitepaper: Best Practices for Securing Your Backup Data [pdf]
Whitepaper: Understanding PCI
DSS
Whitepaper: Storage Security Tips
for Financial Institutions
Whitepaper: Encryption Methods for Protecting Data [pdf]
Whitepaper:
Best Practices for Choosing and Implementing a Storage Encryption Solution [pdf]
Whitepaper: What
You Need To Know About Encryption with V6R1 [pdf]
Videos
iSeries expert Bob Cozzi
shows how easy it is to recover iSeries backup data to a PC.
Video interview at COMMON with Martin Pladgeman on BOSaNOVA's Q3
Encryption Appliance..
Learn more about security breach laws in your state:
Security Breach
State Laws [pdf]
Compliance:
HIPAA
Sarbanes-Oxley
California Senate Bill 1386
Gramm-Leach Bliley Act
PCI Data Security Standard
Storage Security Breach Headlines -
click here for complete list:
Tapes stolen containing patient info of 2.1 million
April 2008 – Computer tapes containing confidential information
of 2.1 million University of Miami patients was stolen last month when thieves
took a case out of a van used by a private off-site storage company, UM said
Thursday morning.
HSBC loses customers' data disc
April 2008 – The HSBC banking group has admitted losing a
computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers. The disc was lost four
weeks ago after being sent by courier from the bank's life insurance offices in
Southampton.
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services loses backup tape
March 2008 – BNY Mellon Shareowner Services "has notified about
3,500 individuals -- some of them Maryland residents -- that the company lost a
box of computer data tapes last month storing personal information including
names, Social Security numbers and possibly bank account numbers".
Ohio Plans To
Encrypt After Data Breach
January 2008 – "After a backup tape containing sensitive
information on 130,000 Ohio residents, current and former employees, and
businesses was stolen from the car of a government intern in June, the state
government just announced it plans to encrypt their backup data. It's estimated
that the missing backup tape will cost Ohio $3 million. In September, the state
docked a government official about a week of future vacation time for not
ensuring that the data would be protected."
26 IRS Tapes Missing from Kansas City
January 2008 – The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Kansas City
officials are searching for lost agency computer tapes that may have been
missing for as long as two months. City officials and the IRS did not provide
details on the number of taxpayers affected or what personal information was on
the tapes.
230 retailers affected by data breach after tape lost
January 2008 – A backup tape containing in-store credit card
information on 650,000 retail customers is missing. GE Money USA, which manages
in-store credit programs for many U.S. retailers, first realized that the tape
was missing from an Iron Mountain Inc. storage facility in October.
Dormitory Authority hunts missing backup tapes
December 2007 – Data tapes containing Social Security numbers,
phone numbers and addresses for up to 800 current and former employees of the
state Dormitory Authority are missing. Backup tapes are sent offsite, but a
recent shipment envelope was found damaged and open and the tapes were not
inside.
Theft of personal data more than triples this year
November 2007 – More than 162 million records have been reported
lost or stolen in 2007, triple the 49.7 million that went missing in 2006,
according to USA TODAY's analysis of data losses reported over the past two
years.
West Virginia security breach affects 200,000 employees
October 2007 – West Virginia officials are alerting 200,000 past
and current members of three health insurance programs that a computer tape
containing full names, addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers and
marital status was lost while being shipped via United Parcel Service.
Hartford Financial misplaces back-up tapes with personal data on policy holders
October 2007 – The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has
notified about 237,000 policy holders of a potential compromise of their
personal data. The warning followed the loss of three backup tapes containing
the names, addresses, Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers of
customers of the company's personnel lines claims center.
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