Data Loss Prevention (DLP) vs. Data Loss

Oct 10, 2024 7:18:17 AM

Sometimes marketing experts lead the ordinary computer user (or even IT administrators) in the wrong direction such as with the term Data Loss Prevention (DLP). When you search the internet for tools...

Jun 21, 2024 11:00:00 PM

Need a Data Recovery Service? How to choose the right one.

You were always hoping that you would never need it, maybe you even had a backup (and hopefully it is up to date), but sometimes bad luck just can’t be avoided! Now that you have lost your data and...

Nov 8, 2016 12:00:00 AM

Conspiracy Theories: what are the causes of data loss?

It is time to share the findings of our latest iteration of the Data Loss Index (DLI). A consistent reporting of how clients have lost data over the past quarter. As has been the case in the past,...

Jun 23, 2016 12:00:00 AM

What Does Encrypted Mean? The Various Levels of Encryption

What is encryption? Encryption is the process of transforming information (referred to as plaintext) to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as...

Apr 22, 2016 12:00:00 AM

Dangerous Adware - What to do if Infected

The term adware originated from the contraction of the terms advertisement (advertising) and software. Adware falls under the heading of malware and is primarily not dangerous, but very inconvenient...

Feb 9, 2015 12:00:00 AM

A Day in the Life of a Data Recovery Cleanroom Engineer

Have you ever wondered what it was like to be one of our data recovery cleanroom engineers? I asked Steve Hruska, a Hardware R&D Engineer at Kroll Ontrack to take a day and document what he does....

Dec 8, 2014 12:00:00 AM

Data Recovery Tips after a Blackout

Since I started working in Data recovery, I tend to view the stories in the news a little differently. When hearing of a disaster like the recent blackout in Detroit, my first reaction is the same as...

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