Friday, May 13, 2005

PGP launches a radical overhaul of its PGP desktop security suite  PGP Corporation has launched a radical overhaul of its PGP desktop security suite aimed at making its products more comprehensive and easier to use. PGP Desktop 9.0, released Monday 9 May, features "automatic operation so email, instant messaging (IM), whole disk, and file encryption are secure without user interaction or training", the blurb boasts. PGP Whole Disk encryption means an entire laptop, including USB drives and backups, can be secured at one fell swoop against previous approaches where users have used the software to set up a virtual, encrypted disk on their PC. Existing product features - such as PGP Virtual Disk encryption, PGP Zip (file compression), and PGP Shred (permanent file deletion) - have been retained. 10:56:54 PM    comment []

Microsoft To Offer PC Health Service Called OneCare Microsoft is launching a PC "health service" that promises to deliver automated protection, maintenance and machine tune-ups in a single package. Windows OneCare initially is being distributed to company employees as part of a testing and development process before public beta availability later this year. The subscription service will be continually updated in an effort to address safety issues such as worms, viruses and spyware. Micorosoft also is focused on broader PC health issues, including: the protection of digital photos, music, financial data and software, as well as system performance. Windows OneCare will provide updated antivirus, antispyware and two-way firewall protection. The package offers periodic disk cleanup, hard-drive defragmentation and file repair. Automated file backup also is offered, along with the option to back up all files on the system or only those that have changed since the last time the action was performed. 10:21:46 PM    comment []

E-Mail Regs Still Driving Business  After all the hubbub during the last few years surrounding the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Graham-Leach-Bliley Act and other rules and regulations dealing with e-mail retention, privacy, deletion and management policies, you might think the work is done. And you would be wrong, solution providers say. For all the near-panic about complying with a daunting set of rules for public companies, a lot still needs to be done. 9:12:38 PM    comment []