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Data Encryption

ALSO CALLED: File Encryption, Electronic Security, Database Encryption, Data-encryption, Data Encription, Data Base Encryption, Encryption, and Encryption Security
DEFINITION: Encryption is the conversion of datainto a form, called a ciphertext, that cannot be easilyunderstood by unauthorized people. Decryption is theprocess of converting encrypted data back into its original form,so it can be understood.

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Plan Now for Managing Electronic Data & Avoid Tomorrow's Legal Risks
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WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to meet compliance regulations and protect your company's data while utilizing electronic data systems to meet business objectives.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Published: 14 Nov 2008
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Tape Encryption: Learn how Cisco MDS enables an efficient and a cost effective Storage Area Network-based solution
sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc.
WEBCAST: Watch this webcast for expert tips on securing your SAN environment and meeting government regulations. Learn about a technique that transparently encrypts data inside the storage environment without slowing or disrupting business critical applications.
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 | Premieres: 03 Dec 2008, 11:00 EST (16:00 GMT)
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Software as a Service: What You Should Consider When Moving to SaaS
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EBOOK: Check out this expert eBook and learn about the current trends in the SaaS market and find out how these services can help your company thrive in today's difficult economy.
Posted: 13 Nov 2008 | Published: 13 Nov 2008
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Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drive
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DATA SHEET: Read this paper to learn how the Sun StorageTek T10000B enterprise tape drive blends highest capacity, reliability, performance, and data security to support demanding, 24x7 datacenter operations.
Posted: 04 Nov 2008 | Published: 04 Nov 2008
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Expert eBook: Encryption: Properly Securing Your Valuable Data
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WHITE PAPER: Check out this expert eBook and learn about best practices and techniques for protecting your company's data with encryption technology.
Posted: 28 Oct 2008 | Published: 28 Oct 2008
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eGuide: Expert Tips for Deploying Secure Messaging Technologies
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WHITE PAPER: This eGuide discusses the critical importance of securing these messaging systems and looks at various methods for protecting the information that is transmitted via these technologies.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Published: 22 Oct 2008
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Ensure Data Protection with Sun StorageTek T10000B Tape Drives
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VIDEOCAST: Learn how Sun StorageTek T-series tape drives use a Crypto-Key Management System to encrypt data, and how Volsafe technology helps your business meet electronic, regulatory, and legal requirements.
Posted: 24 Oct 2008 | Premiered: 23 Oct 2008
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Securing Data Stored on Tape with Encryption: How to Choose the Right Encryption Key Management Solution
sponsored by Quantum Corporation
WHITE PAPER: Q-EKM software, is designed to generate and communicate encryption keys and it is a proven, easy-to-use, library-managed encryption solution designed to protect sensitive data throughout the enterprise.
Posted: 23 Oct 2008 | Published: 23 Oct 2008
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Mitigating the Risk of Encryption Related Data Loss
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WEBCAST: Check out this webcast and learn how your company can integrate data encryption tools to effectively secure information and find out ways to reduce the chances of encryption-related data loss.
Posted: 20 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Deduplication and Compression Techniques for Structured Data Technical White Paper
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WHITE PAPER: The deduplication technologies offered by the storage and backup vendors today are most effective when applied to unstructured data. Read this whitepaper to understand the deduplication and compression techniques that will enable you to dramatically...
Posted: 16 Oct 2008 | Published: 16 Oct 2008
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Gotta Have It: Encryption No Longer an Optional Technology
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JOURNAL ARTICLE: Unravel the ins and outs of how your organization should deploy encryption.
Posted: 14 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2008
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Controlling High Fraud Risk of International Transactions iovation Reputation Services
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WHITE PAPER: Iovation has pioneered a technology for online fraud screening. This white paper examines how e-Commerce businesses can fight online fraud without turning away business based on the geographic locations of customers.
Posted: 13 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 May 2007
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Secure Network Access and Data Protection Get Personal – An informative webcast by Burton Group and Gemalto
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WEBCAST: In this webcast, Mark Diodati, Senior Analyst, Identity and Privacy Strategies at Burton Group, will share his insights from his recently published report on PPSDs.
Posted: 07 Oct 2008 | Premiered: Available On Demand
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Security in a Converged Environment (Part 1)
sponsored by AT&T Corp
WHITE PAPER: This paper delineates the new risks associated with convergence and discusses best practices for mitigating them.
Posted: 06 Oct 2008 | Published: 04 Oct 2008
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Stopping data leakage: Exploiting your existing security investment
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WHITE PAPER: This paper gives practical guidance on how to use current investments in IT security technologies at the gateway and endpoint to support a high-profile acceptable use policy for data leakage prevention, and describes where new investments should be made.
Posted: 01 Oct 2008 | Published: 01 Jun 2008
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Ponemon Study: 2007 Cost of a Data Breach
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WHITE PAPER: This survey explains the actual costs incurred by 35 U.S. organizations that lost confidential information and had a regulatory requirement to publicly notify affected individuals.
Posted: 24 Sep 2008 | Published: 24 Sep 2008
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The New Encryption Generation: Closing the Gap
sponsored by CREDANT Technologies
WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the limitations of first-generation encryption processes that often deliver less-than-promised performance, spur user resistance, conflict with operational infrastructure and process requirements.
Posted: 23 Sep 2008 | Published: 23 Sep 2008
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Defining Your Corporate Mobile Policies
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WHITE PAPER: It's important that corporate mobile policies cover everything from what types of devices will be available to users, to how and when they can use them Read this e-guide to learn more about developing appropriate mobile policies for your organization
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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Regulatory Compliance: How Digital Data Protection Helps
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WHITE PAPER: This white paper presents vital information about the regulatory requirements that enterprises must satisfy and how digital data protection helps enterprises to satisfy these requirements.
Posted: 22 Sep 2008 | Published: 19 Sep 2008
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eGuide: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - Minimize Customer Business Impact While Realizing Services Profits Today
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WHITE PAPER: This is a comprehensive guide that identifies important steps to be taken with customers to determine business impact and establish a solid disaster recovery plan that minimizes business down time.
Posted: 20 Sep 2008 | Published: 24 Sep 2008
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Protecting Your Data: A Guide to Reducing the Risk of Costly Data Breaches
sponsored by Iron Mountain Digital
WHITE PAPER: This White Paper describes how Iron Mountain's DataDefense™ and Connected® Backup/PC data protection solutions can be utilized to create total security solution in accordance with Iron Mountain's "Three Pillars" of data protection.
Posted: 19 Sep 2008 | Published: 19 Sep 2008
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Enterprise Password Management: A Guide to Best Practices
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WHITE PAPER: Passwords are an essential security technique. This white paper reviews best practices to password management and provides contrast methods of dealing with Enterprise Single Sign-On (ESSO) and describes an alternative approach to ESSO.
Posted: 18 Sep 2008 | Published: 18 Sep 2008
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EMC-Qualified Third-Party Products to Complete Your Information Infrastructure
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WHITE PAPER: This edition of the EMC Select catalog, presents a consolidating view of the entire lineup of carefully selected best-in-class third-party products. Explore the available products-organized and quickly determine where they fit within your environment.
Posted: 16 Sep 2008 | Published: 16 Sep 2008
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Best Practices for Successfully Deploying and Managing Data Encryption on Laptops
sponsored by Fiberlink Communications
WHITE PAPER: Data encryption is the best available technology to prevent the loss of confidential data when laptops and mobile devices are lost or stolen.
Posted: 15 Sep 2008 | Published: 15 Mar 2008
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Customer Success Story: Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.
sponsored by Sybase, Inc.
CASE STUDY: This case study features Phoenix Newspapers, who first implemented the Sybase ASE Encryption Option in a test environment and garnered impressive results with no problems.
Posted: 12 Sep 2008 | Published: 12 Sep 2008
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DATA ENCRYPTION DEFINITION (continued): …  as theart of communication. In wartime, a cipher, often incorrectlycalled a "code," can be employed to keep the enemy fromobtaining the contents of transmissions. (Technically, a codeis a means of representing a signal without the intent of keepingit secret; examples are Morse code and ASCII.) Simple ciphersinclude the substitution of letters for numbers, the rotation ofletters in the alphabet, and the "scrambling" of voicesignals by inverting the sideband … 
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