Information Protection and Security

Dear Colleagues,

Each year we issue a reminder regarding the need to protect personal
confidential information to which we have been granted access in order
to fulfill the requirements of our job functions. The protection of
this information, also known as "Non-Public Personal Information"
(NPPI), is mandated by federal and state law, as well as Rutgers policy
(e.g., Rutgers Policy 50.3.9, http://policies.rutgers.edu).

All units and staff members that create, store, or transmit such
information are required to do so in a manner which protects NPPI.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (TheStreet) -- Software specialist McAfee has teamed up with Adobe in an attempt to tap the growing market for secure documents.
 

Hashes are the back bone of computer forensics, they are used to identify and remove junk data with the NSRL/NIST list. They are used to de-duplicate files in computer forensics and electronic discovery, and they can also be used to de-dupe emails in electronic discovery.
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An IBM researcher has uncovered a way to analyze data while it is still encrypted, in what could be a boon for both spam-filtering applications and cloud computing environments.
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A company that collected detailed personal information including biometric data on 260,000 individuals as part of a registered air traveler program it operated has abruptly gone out of business, leaving many customers wondering about the safety and privacy of their personal data.
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It's no secret that passwords are no longer sufficient as the sole means of granting access to critical networks, applications, and data, particularly as the number of applications requiring passwords at any given firm has skyrocketed. 
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