Following the highly publicized losses of backup tapes containing sensitive information about firms customers, many organizations are examining their own policies and technology options for protecting ...

WhatsApp has just received a feature that people have wanted for years, the ability to run the popular chat app on other devices with the same account. A limited version of the multi-device support ...

One downside of iCloud Backup for those who are interested in privacy is that, unlike with the Mac’s FileVault data encryption, Apple provides no option to store the encryption key yourself. Instead, ...

One of the big backup trends at the moment is to write backups to immutable storage. Immutable storage is widely regarded as one of the best ways to prevent ransomware from destroying your backups.

After being hinted at and after testing in previous beta builds, WhatsApp has confirmed that end-to-end encryption for cloud backups is set to roll out soon. [Update 10/11]: After being officially ...

WhatsApp chat backups can now be encrypted with a Passkey. (Image: WhatsApp) WhatsApp has introduced a new security feature that will safeguard users’ data and chats to a greater extent. The new ...

Meta’s instant messaging platform WhatsApp is reportedly enhancing user privacy with the introduction of a groundbreaking feature in its latest beta release. The upcoming update will likely integrate ...

In the climate of government spying, and the ever present threat from nefarious hackers, encryption is a hot topic. Politicians don’t like it, privacy campaigners claim it’s a must, and end users are ...

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, ...

Two years ago, Apple dropped a plan that would have made it impossible for the company to decrypt iPhone and iPad backups for law enforcement, according to a Reuters report today. Reuters wrote that ...