xCELLencrypt is a lightweight add-in for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 that allows you to encrypt the contents of individual cells within a worksheet. The software implements advanced encryption standard AES 256 bit encryption via Microsoft's cryptographic service provider CryptoAPI. xCELLencrypt is great for individuals or organizations that...
Paste Master is a clipboard manager controlled by a preference pane that allows you to save multiple items that you have placed in the clipboard and be able to paste them again later. It has the following advantages: Compact display allows you to see and select from many saved clipboards...
iRetirement for iPhone lets you see the future two ways. First, you can see how your 401k or IRA will grow so you will know how much will be there when you plan to retirement. It allows you to study various scenarios with just a few key strokes and secondly,...
The effects of a data breach in the healthcare industry are far reaching as patients and clients lose more than personal identification information (names, addresses, social security numbers), but also sensitive and private medical information (medical conditions, medication information, treatments) that is fodder for identity theft, medical billing fraud and...
The sky is not falling. Knowing SSN is not necessarily enough to give an attacker control over finances or steal identity. It depends on the context and on what other information he or she has. As the Social Security Office has rightly, if a little evasively, pointed out, Acquistion and...
mSecure is a password and data manager that offers a convenient and secure solution to store information on iPhone and iPod touch devices. Use mSecure to safely store sensitive and important information like web logins and passwords, credit card numbers, frequent flyer, and social security numbers. mSecure uses an industry-proven...
I propose that the National Archives change its motto from "Littera Scripta Manet" The Written Letter Abides to "What, Me Worry?" befitting it's current lack of data security controls. While many of you this weekend were firing up your barbecues, cooking grilled meats...
Sensitive information - such as credit card numbers and social security numbers combined with a person's first and last name, (a.k.a., Personally Identifiable Information, or PII) - is everywhere. Employees have easy access to this data as part of their job responsibilities. Files are copied to laptop hard drives and...
LimeWire is in the hotseat as the flagship P2P application. This time the issue is not music filesharing but security breaches through inadvertant file sharing. A House committee has sent letters to Lime Group chairman Mark Gorton, the FTC and the Justice Department, announcing that it would reopen a previous...
Identity theft is on the rise. Your own computer may be one of the easiest ways for thieves to access your information. Search and secure your private information, including social security numbers, credit cards, drivers license, and even passwords. Find and secure your personal information PI before others get the...
Personally-Identifiable Information PII is information that can be used to trace an individual's identity, such as a name, social security number, or biometric record. According to a May 22., 2007 memo from the Office of Management and Budget OMB to the heads of executive departments and agencies, "Safeguarding PII in...
As attackers become more daring and manipulative, information systems that rely on static passwords for security are a major risk factor and are often the key reason that those systems are breached, leaving the organization and its end users open to identity and financial fraud attempts. Thieves target personal information...
Imagine being on the phone with a call center rep who instead of asking you for the last four digits of your social security number, authenticates your identity through a system that elicits and listens to specific sounds emitted by your ear. If the groundbreaking work of British scientists proves...
Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant. Electric light is the most efficient policeman. It has always been my view that when the people of this Nation watch their Government in action, they come to better understand how our governing institutions work and equip themselves to hold those institutions...
Sun's role covered the software, NHIN-Connect, which includes its GlassFish open source application platform, the Java Composite Application Platform Suite CAPS SOA Platform, and the Sun Java Identity Management suite. by Dana Blankenhorn
Fed Tax Calculator uses IRS Circular E "Calculation Method" to determine taxes owed for a given paycheck. The calculator also shows amounts to be withheld for Medicare and Social Security. Users simply indicate, marital status, allowances, paycheck pay period and paycheck amount. The calculator shows each tax owed and the...
Helps you prevent identity theft by finding private information on your computer and prompting you to either securely delete or encrypt the data it uncovers. Uses proprietary search algorithms to uncover multiple variations of private information such as social security numbers, credit cards, bank accounts, and passwords automatically and without...
Monster.com recently posted a PSA on their site notifying users that their database was illegally accessed and certain contact and account data were taken, "including Monster user IDs and passwords, email addresses, names, phone numbers, and some basic demographic data." The information accessed does not include resumes....
China began issuing social security cards in 1999 and selected Shanghai as the pilot city for the initiative. Six million cards were distributed in 1999. In 2008, 13 million cards were issued. When the social security card project was initiated in 1998, the Shanghai Municipal Information Commission established the Shanghai...
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