FlagStone Articles

Protect your Laptop
Each year millions of individuals are vulnerable to exploitation due to poor data protection by enterprises of all sizes.  Physical theft of equipment is widespread with over a third of large businesses reporting thefts, according to the DTI Security Breaches Survey 2006...

Identity Theft - The Cost For Companies
Many people are familiar with the threat of personal identity theft, but to what extent do UK companies play a part in leaving individuals at risk?

Encrypted Hardware - The Future of Data Protection
Pioneered in the UK by British data security specialist, Stonewood, FlagStone Technology is now widely used by governments and commercial organisations around the world to protect highly sensitive data held on computers... 

Scotland Yard's Laptop Theft Implications
"Terrifying" is the word, according to the Evening Standard, used by Richard Barnes, a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority, to describe the security implications of the theft  of three police laptops... 

Starbucks Raises the Alarm Over Data Take-Away
Starbucks, the world famous coffee company, has admitted that four of what it describes as "retired" laptops containing company information have gone missing from its Corporate Support Center in Seattle...

Critical Data Loss Highlights Risk
A General Electric company employee's laptop holding the names and social security numbers of an estimated 50,000 of the company's past and present employeeswas stolen froma locked hotel room...

Data Security - Facing up to Hard Facts
The fast growing scourge of identity theft, the prospect of data protection challenges, the potential for the haemorrhaging of customer confidence, and the ramifications of the loss of sensitive business information should ensure sleepless nights for any complacent manager or IT executive...

FlagStone Freedom Secures
With more and more people in the corporate sector working from home, in satellite offices or on the move, the risk of the misappropriation or theft of commercially-sensitive information while it is being transferred, stored or transported is dramatically on the increase...

FlagStone Protects British Army
The decision by the MoD to confirm FlagStone Drives as its preferred choice followed a thorough review of the available technologies that provide practical and secure solutions for the Army’s stringent mobile computing requirements...

FlagStone Security Prevents Identity Theft
Once again personal details, including names, social security numbers and dates of birth have been stolen, and for the want of a few hundred dollars spent on a proven data security technology...

FlagStone Technology Resolves...
Stonewood is heralding its internationally approved FlagStone Technology hardware solutions as providing unparalleled lines of defense against the loss or theft of Data at Rest from any laptop, desktop or tablet computer...

Stolen Laptop Highlights the Threat of Data Loss
The theft in March of a laptop containing the name, address, date of birth, social security number and employment-related information of 196,000 people highlights once again the consequences of not securely protecting data on mobile computers...