(re) blog: dialogue with Redemtech

Here’s How to Stay Off Greenpeace’s Radar Screen

The problems with e-waste continue to grow. Not long ago, the Environmental Protection Agency estimated that “as much as 4 percent of municipal solid waste is e-scrap.” That number may have since risen to 5 percent. Fox News, meanwhile, reports that while “most Americans think they're helping the earth when they recycle their old computers, televisions and cell phones, chances are they're contributing to a global trade in electronic trash that endangers workers and pollutes the environment overseas.”

Off-Network Security Risk No Longer Off the Radar

Last summer, Redemtech commissioned a study with the Ponemon Institute to explore the root causes behind data breaches that are providing so many companies with so much bad press. We initially suspected that the trouble begins when assets are disconnected from the network to move or retire equipment. The study was conducted with 735 security professionals from mid-size to large organizations, in both government and the private sector.

As Storage Devices Get Smaller, Data Security Worries Grow Larger

When I was a young college student many years ago, there was a standing policy for some professors to leave graded copies of term papers and other typed assignments in a cardboard box outside their office doors during finals week when classes were not normally in session. Students could stop by and pick up their research reports, and then check their posted grades on a nearby bulletin board at the same time.

Giant Space Alien Head Invades Redemtech Sales Meeting

Nothing says “business maturity” better than a big space alien head invading a sales staff meeting.