The words like “information age”, “information technology”, “the one who has the information rules the world” have long since settled in our minds. Everyone knows that information is one of the most precious resources. Does information itself have any value? No, it doesn’t. Information is crucial in decision making. This is important. Right decision is [...]

Rapid development of digital technologies and electronic communication, availability of mobile PCs and smart phones, abundance of tools for creating documents or high-quality presentations coupled with constantly growing volumes of information and yearning for doing business more effectively leads to switching to electronic exchange of information. Not only enterprises, but state organizations are introducing new [...]

One of the innovations in the Microsoft Windows 2000 and the NTFS 5.0 file system was the Encrypting File System (EFS) technology, which is designed to quickly encrypt files on the computer hard drive. NTFS by itself has built-in protection. However, as is frequently the case, it very quickly required additional security. The reason was [...]

Information protection gets much attention these days. Many have realized that their data is a treasure, which not only should be treated properly, but should be protected as well. Preventing and minimizing risks is much better than suffering consequences. This plain rule is also true for informational security of any enterprise. So a few dollars [...]

In order to protect important data, we use a large variety of methods and technologies, especially when the data in question is confidential and essential for day-to-day operations of a business and for making important management decisions. “If you have the information, you own the world” has become the basic tenet of our times, where [...]

These days we’re always hearing about the “information age,” “information technology,” and how “information rules the world.” We have come to feel that information is everything. But what does that mean, and is information in itself so important? Not completely. We need information to make decisions – that’s what is truly important. A proper decision [...]