Secure Data Erasure Meets Sustainability

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Choose Opal Lock to ensure that your data is securely erased without compromising on sustainability – an essential step toward protecting both your information and the planet.

How Secure Are Your Current Data Erasure Methods?

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In the realm of digital forensics, one unsettling truth has emerged: the methods we’ve relied on for decades to erase data from drives are no longer secure. For years, it was widely accepted that overwriting a hard drive three to seven times would effectively render the data unrecoverable. However, advancements in data recovery technology have […]

Hunter Biden Shirks Blame for Laptop Breach

The saga of the “laptop from hell” continues. If you aren’t familiar with the story, in 2019 first son Hunter Biden took his laptop in for repair and then never returned to pick it up. After several weeks, the new owner accessed personal data and then shared that information. Lawyer Says Hunter Biden is Trying […]

Secure Your Data: The Importance of Proper Disk Drive Disposal

Properly disposing of disk drives is crucial in ensuring the security of sensitive information. Unfortunately, as seen in the recent data breach at Morgan Stanley, not all companies take the necessary steps to protect their data. However, using products like Opal Lock can provide a solution to this problem! The Opal Lock Solution Opal Lock […]

How One Lost USB Drive Exposed the Data of Half a Million People

USB Drive with Entire City’s Personal Data Lost After a Night Out An IT worker in Japan had a few too many cocktails after work in Amagasaki, Japan. He decided to sleep it off on the streets, and when he woke up the following morning, he found his backpack was missing. One might chalk that […]

Protect Your Data with Opal Lock

The holiday season is a time when your critical information is the most vulnerable. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age where if you set down your mobile device or computer in a public place, it can be gone in a second. Theft can happen at any time and can cost you plenty of […]

Your Personal Information May Have Been Mishandled in a Data Breach

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently charged Morgan Stanley with extensive failures in protecting the personal identifying information (PII) of about 15 million customers. Morgan Stanley will be paying a $35 million penalty fee for selling used hard drives on eBay without first sanitizing the drives. Since at least 2015, Morgan Stanley has not properly […]