WhatsApp is the primary means of communication for well over two billion people worldwide. This is because it is free of cost and rife with features, including real-time multimedia-rich messaging, ...

The fatal flaw of encrypted backups: You are locking yourself out of your own data ...

Symantec Corp. today announced a new encryption feature for its flagship NetBackup backup and recovery software that takes the CPU-intensive load off of application servers and places the burden onto ...

The move comes after a rash of cases in the past couple years where private data on backup tapes was lost or stolen, said Mike Adams, senior group manager for NetBackup product marketing at Symantec. ...

A view of NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Md. (Photo credit: NIST) The National Institute of Standards and Technology announced an algorithm that could serve as a second line of defense to ensure ...

Losing my iPhone or having my iPhone stolen is a nightmare of mine. I hope it never happens. That's why I try to prepare for the eventuality of having all my data gone in an instant. I back up my ...

Earlier this year, Spectra Logic became the first vendor to offer tape libraries with hardware encryption. After reviewing a Spectra T120 with LTO3 (Linear Tape-Open 3) drives and hardware encryption, ...

Sanuj Bhatia, the managing editor at Pocketnow, is responsible for supervising and contributing to all the content published on the website, including news, reviews, features, and how-tos. He began ...

iCloud offers an easy way to back up your data on your iPhone. Apple provides 5 GB of free iCloud storage, which can fill up quickly when you back up your photos, videos, and app data. Depending on ...

I have about 3TB of data that I'd like to have backed up off-site. By off-site I just mean at a friend's house in case mine burns down. I would like to keep this data encrypted as well.<BR><BR>The ...