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Feature Story: Off-Network Data Needs Protection Too
While investments in network security technologies continue to increase, each week seems to bring the story of another costly, reputation-damaging security breach. An analysis of recent breaches reveals the cause of this disconnect: 3 in 4 security breaches occur from the loss or theft of data-bearing assets, rather than over the network. Businesses are busy adding extra locks to the front door, but leaving the back door wide open. In this feature article, get insight on new research regarding this very issue, common mistakes that cause security breaches with off-network equipment, consequences for not taking appropriate measures, and some best practices to keep your assets secured.
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Now. Redemtech fully refurbishes laptops and desktops with genuine Windows XP operating systems.
- Brings you even higher return on remarketed assets
- Provides better equipment for redeployment - reducing new purchase costs
- Offers ready supply and low-cost alternative for day-to-day demand and special projects
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Dr. Larry Ponemon
Chairman and Founder of Ponemon Institute
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Most organizations do not give the same level of attention to protecting off-network equipment as they do to on-network assets. To validate this issue, Redemtech recently commissioned the Ponemon Institute to conduct National Survey: The Insecurity Off-Network Security, a study querying 735 senior IT professionals within U.S.-based business or governmental organizations on how they handle off-network security. Dr. Larry Ponemon discusses the offhanded practices for off-network security currently employed in corporate America.
Continue reading Larry’s guest column ›
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Barbara Scott
Director, Advisory & Consulting Services
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Barbara Scott answers some important questions related to asset management and what your organization can do to implement best practices, including:
Q. How can I integrate equipment stored in various locations around my company into an asset management program?
Q. With thumb drives and Blackberries walking out of our offices everyday, how do I manage those mobile devices safely and effectively?
Q. How do I address the issue of off-boarding employees to ensure the assets they utilize are properly tracked?
Get the answers ›
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Learn how a proactive lifecycle plan that takes Vista migration into account can optimize technology ROI and minimize the amount of hardware ultimately displaced. Redemtech President Bob Houghton suggests strategies to enable Vista adoption on terms suitable to the enterprise rather than Microsoft and the hardware OEMs. Download the IAITAM 2007 Industry Trends Presentation › |
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Managing a public, virtual school with 25,000 students spread throughout the country can be a difficult task, especially if you’re responsible for tracking the whereabouts of computer equipment being utilized by the students. In this success story, the featured organization knew that to keep pace with annual technology refresh activity and year-to-year increases in enrollment, it needed to develop a more meaningful program to recover and deploy computers. With help from Redemtech, learn how this institution has generated millions of dollars in savings a year by implementing Technology Change Management (TCM), while also enhancing student satisfaction, reducing burden on internal resources, and making better decisions on new technology.
Continue reading this success story ›
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- The cost of a sensitive data breach will increase 20% per year through 2009.
— Gartner
- According to IDC, the U.S. installed base of PCs is expected to grow from 280 million in 2006 to 404 million in 2010, with 237.5 million PCs expected to be retired between 2005 and 2010. Yet only 33 percent of U.S. companies, mostly large enterprises, have made use of the asset disposal industry.
— CIO
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E-Scrap News studied trends and issues in electronics recycling and found that e-scrap processors handle data security in a number of different ways (some less reliable than others) and are exporting more materials, particularly circuit boards. Download the full
E-Scrap News 2007 Processor Survey › |
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- Redemtech Becomes an Exclusive Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher (MAR)
The program provides a scalable solution to license genuine Windows software on refurbished PCs sold in the commercial market, resulting in higher reutilization of surplus PCs and 10 to 40 percent greater returns on the remarked assets for Redemtech’s TCM customers.
- Redemtech Hires Vice President of Environmental Affairs
Jim Mejia joins Redemtech with more than 30 years experience in the environmental field.
- Robert Houghton Addresses E-Scrap 2007 Conference
Key trends and issues identified by the E-Scrap News 2007 Processor Survey deliberated by a panel of industry experts.
- Redemtech President Presents at IAITAM 2007 Conference
Robert Houghton discusses “Impact of Vista on Asset Lifecycles.”
Read more about these and other happenings at Redemtech ›
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