D-Link Service Will Simplify PC Security
Keeping home PCs safe from bad guys on the Internet is a constant hassle, especially if you're running Windows computers. And the hassle is multiplied by the number of PCs in a home. Each computer needs its own virus, spyware, and intrusion protection—and one for the kids might need parental controls.
Network companies feel your pain. They also sense an opportunity, and they're trying to move the protection from the computer to the network's hub, which they happen to build and sell. D-Link, for example, recently introduced a suite of security services that can operate on one of its high-end routers, the DIR-625.
Called SecureSpot 2.0 Services, the software offers a Web-based console that provides one place to monitor, install, and customize how a network is protected. The privilege comes at a price of $60 for three computers and $20 a year for added PCs. That's on top of the cost of the router, which runs about $80 online.
Expect many more routers and network devices to come with similar options. Networking giant Cisco is adding the ability to home routers sold under its Linksys brand. Also, the company that developed the services used by D-Link, Bsecure Technologies, is peddling its product to others.
If the D-Link offering is typical, the cost is higher than street prices for security software from outfits like Symantec and McAfee. But if SecureSpot does the job and cuts the hassles, it is worth it.
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Having to set up each computer, with software that your kid can probably un-install, is a pain. Putting this on the home router just makes sense.
When medical records go public....watch out for the following:
THROUGH EXPERIENCE I HAVE ALREADY LIVED THROUGH I CAN HONESTLY STATE WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN CHARGE OF OUR ON LINE SERVICE. UNFORTUNATELY DELOITTE AND TOUCHE, OSU & CLEVELAND CLINIC ARE THE FIRST TO GO. HERE'S WHY:
"DO NOT DESTROY WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FROM ERIC WITIW, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, WASHINGTON D.C.' "M/I SCHOTTENSTEIN HO STEVEN SCHOTTENSTEIN 1994 DESCENDANTS TRUST TAX WORKPAPERS CLM1248061"
"THIS STATEMENT CAME FROM DELOITTE AFTER MY DAUGHTER LOST OVER $400,000 DOLLARS IN A FRAUDULENT ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE AT A SURROGATE'S COURT.
COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Opal Private Equity
Fund LP
CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001313498
IRS NUMBER: 000000000
NO OFFENCE BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE GOV. REGULATED UNLESS YOU WANT MAJOR MISTAKES.
"Washington, D.C., March 5, 2008 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged fund manager Fidelity Investments and 13 current or former employees including high-ranking executives for improperly accepting more than $1.6 million in travel, entertainment, and other gifts paid for by outside brokers courting the massive trading business Fidelity generates on behalf of the mutual funds it manages."
KEEP INSTITUTIONAL HOLDERS AND MONEY MANAGERS AWAY FROM YOUR RECORDS OR YOU MIGHT FIND THE ABOVE HAPPENING...
"" G. B. Smith, J. "A MAN OR WOMAN IS AND SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF HIS OR HER OWN OFFSPRING. IN SOME INSTANCES, THIS REPONSIBILITY MAY BE PLACED UPON A NON-BIOLOGICAL PARENT." As a Judge he made case law as a lawyer he lied to cover it up!
KEEP LAWFIRMS AWAY FROM YOUR RECORDS, THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN MAKING A PROFIT..$$$
Click here: http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/98-10-02_Trustees:_Reports_on_Cleveland_Clinic,_Articulation.html
"Ohio State has had a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic
Foundation (CCF) for eight years. The partnership, which was
reaffirmed in 1996, extends both institutions’ missions in teaching
and research."
"4-17-2007
Contact: Jim Lynch, (614) 247-4110
Statement by Ohio State University on recent data breaches
"The Ohio State University has notified more than 14,000 current and former faculty and staff members that personal data (name, Social Security number, employee ID number, and date of birth) have been exposed as a result of a criminal intrusion into a database within the university's Office of Research. The incident occurred during the weekend of March 31-April 1.'"
"Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:43 AM
By Mark Niquette
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
David Foster Dispatch
"Gov. Ted Strickland has issued an executive order to develop a program to encrypt sensitive data. The information on the stolen tape was not encrypted. "
Data in jeopardy
Types of data confirmed to be on a stolen state backup computer tape so far:
The names and Social Security numbers of all 64,467 non-university state employees.
"Names, Social Security numbers, addresses and phone numbers of 53,797 state employees enrolled in the state's pharmacy-benefits management program, plus the names and Social Security numbers of 75,532 dependents. Officials don't think medical information is included. "
"Bank-account information for school districts and local governments to receive payments from the state. Officials are assuming that all local governments and school districts are included. "
"Medicaid provider names, tax identification numbers, addresses and bank-account information to receive payments from the state. There are 159,708 records, but officials think many are duplicates because there only are about 77,000 state Medicaid providers. "
"The names, Social Security numbers and retirement-account numbers for the 1,031 state employees who are part of the State Teachers' Retirement System. This includes current employees and those who have retired since Dec. 21, 2005, who paid into the system. "
The banking information, addresses and phone numbers of the 28,362 state employees and vendors who receive electronic payment of expense reimbursements from the state. "
Source: Gov. Ted Strickland
Whom to contact
"Employees whose names and Social Security numbers were on a stolen computer storage tape are encouraged to go to www.ohio.gov/idprotect or call for recorded information at 1-888-644-6648. The Web site will have any updates regarding enrollment in the free identity-theft protection program the state is providing for one year. "
"Bank-account information for local governments, school districts and certain state employees and vendors was among the data on a computer backup tape stolen from an intern's car last week, Gov. Ted Strickland announced yesterday."
"The stolen tape also contains bank-account numbers for Medicaid providers, retirement account numbers for teachers, plus Social Security numbers for more than 75,000 dependents of state employees, the governor said."
REFRAIN FROM PICKING ANY BANKING INSTITUTION THAT HAS TOO MUCH TO GAIN FROM YOUR INFORMATION...
MY OPINION THE CONCEPT IS GREAT BUT A TASK FORCE MUST BE ESTABLISHED TO WATCH CLOSELY OVER AND WORK WITH THE CHOSEN ONE..
BE CAREFUL TO CHECK EACH UNIVERSITY OUT FIRST TO SEE IF IF THEFT OR MAJOR FRAUD HAS OCCURED.
"“The M/I Homes Foundation is a philanthropic leader in its community, in keeping with the Schottenstein family’s tradition of giving,” said Garczynski. “We are truly thankful for this gift from a long-time friend of the housing industry and a proud member of the NAHB federation.”
"Steven Schottenstein will join the National Housing Endowment’s Life Trustees, whose seven-figure donations have surpassed a fundraising goal of $10 million set in 2002 and are now headed to a goal of $25 million over the next three years"
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