Sophos SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac offers full-disk encryption (FDE) for the Mac, with protection at boot time from unauthorized access. FDE scrambles the entire contents of a disk drive, rendering it ostensibly unrecoverable without access to the long encryption key used, or a shorter account passphrase that unlocks that key. FDE makes your data secure when someone gains unauthorized physical...
Mac OS X users are notably resistant to the ploys of anti-virus, anti-malware, and security-monitoring software offered for our platform. “What—me worry?” could be our motto, as well as, “Not paying for that!” Over the long haul, that attitude has served us well, but the nature and diversity of risks has increased, and is likely...
How to ensure rogue security certificates don't subvert your encryption This year there have been numerous reports suggesting that the fundamental security infrastructure of the Web is on shaky ground. In March we heard about a collection of stolen security certificates, and in August the release of more than 500 improperly issued certificates came to light. \Whenever you connect to a secure Internet site, your computer...
The iPad is one of the safest computing devices you can use. Its combination of hardware and software security translate to a device that’s probably more secure than your PC or Mac—especially if you take the right steps to secure it.Because there are currently no known remote attacks against iPads, the biggest security risk is physically losing the device. Thus, the first step is to...
Open Registry ' Expand HKLM ' Expand System ' Expand CurrentControlSet ' Expand Services.Scroll down to find "USBSTOR"Right Click on "USBSTOR" and click on PermissionsClick on AdvancedCheck box "Inherit from parent the permission entries that apply to child objects. Include these with entries explicitly defined here"Click on Apply Click on OKSelect USBSTOR and on the Right side double click on start and set the value data to 3 Value data: 3 to enable and 4 to disable (USB Mass storage device)...
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