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    A five-question multiple-choice quiz to test your understanding of the data encryption content presented by expert Tom Bowers in this lesson of SearchSecurity.com's Data Protection Security School.  Quiz

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    RSA President Art Coviello says today's patchwork of monolithic security devices will disappear in the next three years as security is integrated into the larger IT infrastructure.  Article

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  • Federal government pushes full disk encryption

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  • Should log traffic be encrypted?

    Should you be encrypting your security log transmissions? "It depends!" explains Mike Chapple in this SearchSecurity.com expert Q&A.  Ask the Expert

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