SSDs are hot, but come with security risks
Solid-state drives offer more data security than traditional hard drives, but experts caution that they may be prone to hacks and data erasing issues. Read more...

U.K. justice agency lost 45,000 personal records in past fiscal year

Security oversight may have enabled Countrywide breach

Data explosion forcing IT to seek new backup tools

FBI: Flash drive used to steal Countrywide customer data

Stolen tape puts Bristol-Myers employee data at risk

Data can leak from partially encrypted disks

MessageLabs secures e-mail backup

Buffalo ships low-cost drive with native encryption

Unstructured data at risk in most firms, survey finds

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Opinion: Promise for protecting laptops
Dealing with laptop protection is arguably the least favorite job for IT managers, and indications are that laptop sales will surpass desktop sales, so the situation is likely to only worsen. But upcoming chip-level antitheft technology and remote outsourced backup services promise relief.

Review: Flash Voyager GT -- the fastest, cheapest flash drive yet?
Corsair's new FlashVoyager GT drive is an encrypted device that offers industry-leading speeds, economic price and plenty of capacity. I downloaded a DVD-quality movie to this flash drive and it took me four and a half minutes.

Q&A: A stick of RAM, a can of air, and wow
What's the deal with that "cold book" vulnerability? Why would canned air, adroitly deployed, make data in volatile memory ... not so volatile? Computerworld talked to Princeton researcher Edward Felten to get to the bottom of that brain-freeze-inducing hack.

Review: 7 secure USB drives
With almost daily stories about data loss or breaches in the press, Computerworld decided to review seven USB drives from top vendors, based mostly on security and ease of use. We looked at everything from a drive built to military specifications, to one that even hides your Web searches.

Review: IronKey's ironclad security USB drive
IronKey's USB drive has the highest-level of government-approved encryption, a solid stainless-steel case and multiple fail-safe security features.

Forget the U.K.: What happens here if the IRS loses our data?
Experts are concerned that data may not being properly protected by the IRS and that a massive data loss by the agency, similar to the one last month by the U.K.'s Revenue and Customs office, could disrupt the nation's banking system.

Seven things your IT department doesn't want you to know
Although IT staffers have good reasons for restricting your use of systems for security reasons, you can safely transmit files of many sizes, chat on your favorite IM client, and use unapproved but legal and harmless software.

Review: Lexar's 4GB JumpDrive Lightning USB drive excels
With its multiplatform security support, fast data-transfer rates and smart design, the Lexar 4GB JumpDrive Lightning is ideal for a Windows or Mac user's needs, says Editor in Chief Scot Finnie.

Encryption key management worries loom
While the fear of losing keys has kept many companies from encrypting data, increased regulatory and public pressure is forcing more companies to turn to encryption to safeguard data. As encryption devices proliferate, managing more of the unique keys used to decrypt data is creating a management nightmare.

The VA's computer systems meltdown: What happened and why
An IT disconnect within the VA's medical system recently disabled the agency's computer systems for a day and left months of work to recover data to update the medical records of thousands of veterans. The procedural failure also exposed a common problem in IT transformation efforts: Fault lines appear when management reporting shifts from local to regional.

Here are 15 devices and add-ons that make the back-to-school computing experience extraordinary. As Facebook-like apps infiltrate the enterprise, they're integrating the workforce in unforeseen ways. If you want to expand the visual capabilities of your laptop, you can add two monitors without spending a lot of time or money. The latest iteration of Asus' groundbreaking mini-notebook adds a faster CPU, a larger display and a better keyboard.

Reviews, analyses, how-tos, visual tours, hot issues and predictions about Microsoft's new OS.

Four years from now, the IT field will be a vastly different place. Will you be ready?

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