Kanguru is pleased to announce the availability of a new line of Solid State Drives.  The Kanguru SSD 100 is is the next generation of storage technology. Designed for lightning fast read and write speeds, our SSDs provide exceptional performance for the dollar. Unlike traditional mechanical HDDs that use rotating platters to store data, SSDs contain no moving parts. Having no moving parts reduces power consumption while improving performance, ruggedness and reliability.

The Kanguru SSD 100 is available in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities.  Buy online or from your preferred IT solution provider.

Kanguru SSD 100

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With the holiday weekend upon us, I thought I’d share a link to fun little IT security send up of “The Night Before Christmas” from SecurityWeek called “The Night Before Christmas in the Shoes of an IT Security Professional”.

Here a short excerpt:

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The data was all safe, protected with care,
In hopes that year-end bonuses soon would be there.

The servers were nestled all safe in their racks
Protected from malware and vile forms of hacks.
The data all encrypted, with a nice complex key,
The software came, of course, with a great big huge fee.

The full post is a fun read for IT and Infosec Professionals, check it out here.

Have a safe and happy holiday!

Data Security

By Ken Lee

For many years solid state drives have been reserved for technology enthusiasts, hardcore gamers and those with deep pockets. The performance advantage of SSDs over traditional, spinning-platter hard disk drives, or HDDs, has never been a point of contention. SSD’s transfer rates typically double or triple the speed of their mechanical counterparts. However, the high retail price for even low-capacity SSDs prevented the average computer user from experiencing the benefits of an SSD.

As the cost per gigabyte for SSDs has come down in recent years we are finally seeing SSD prices straddling the line of affordability and consumers and manufacturers have taken notice, and you should too. Read more…

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By Emmett Jorgensen

One of the obstacles we often face when selling encrypted flash drives involves the “ease of use” argument.  Companies want to add security, but are reluctant to inconvenience their users or add costly infrastructure.  It’s understandable; if a solution is difficult to utilize, users won’t use it (or won’t use it correctly).

We’ve all seen those Geico commercials where the offended Neanderthal storms off over his portrayal as a simpleton.  We chuckle; maybe think of someone we know that fits that description, then don’t give it much of a second thought.

The truth is, Read more…

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By Nate Cote

So, you are charged with selecting the best IT product to implement into your organization’s infrastructure, but which product should you purchase?  Of course there are the straight-forward items that need to be addressed such as performance, compatibility, price, and support.

But what about the actual “guts” of the product?

As the incidence of cyber warfare expands, whether it is supported by nation-states, ethically challenged corporations, or hackers, it becomes increasingly important to trust the products that we are relying on to keep the “bad stuff” out.  Read more…

Data Security

With Black Friday upon us, we wanted to post a quick reminder to be careful while shopping online during the holidays.

Here is a good link from CSO Online to some tips for safe online shopping:

FBI’s Holiday Online Shopping Tips

Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

Data Security

A recent article published in the Chicago Tribune brings up some great points regarding information security and outsourcing.  The article, titled “Rise of outsourcing poses new cybersecurity problems” details how, with outsourcing, companies are giving up a measure of control over their security.

It also describes the rise of security audits and how recent data breaches have been a boon for IT security consultants.

“Performing security audits is now a specialty within information technology consulting,” said Isaac Cheifetz, an IT recruiter with Open Technologies Consulting Co. Security “is no longer simply about making sure the network firewall is up.”

For the full story, click here.

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By Matthew Losanno

When the integrity of your system and network is at stake, neglecting a critical software update is the last task that should be placed on the back burner.

According to an article posted on Dark Reading over the summer “Six out of every 10 users of Adobe Reader are running unpatched versions of the program, leaving them vulnerable to a variety of malware attacks, according to a report…”

All software updates, although seemingly trivial, can offer protection against a variety of vulnerabilities. Most of us will readily update our anti-virus software; we all understand that it can prevent a virus from taking control of our computer or deleting our data. While the antivirus software actively scans incoming files/emails, AV software is similar to a last line of defense; it is there when your computer has already been the target of an exploitation. Read more…

Data Security, Malware

Kanguru’s Emmett Jorgensen was just featured in Government Security News (GSN) as a guest columnist with an article entitled “Flash Drive Security goes beyond Encryption“.

The article has an infosec focus on newer developments in flash drive security including remote management, on-board anti-virus and more.  Here is a short excerpt: Read more…

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Kanguru is pleased to announce the release of its new Kanguru Mobile Clone Hard Drive Duplicator.  The Mobile Clone is an ultra-portable, full featured, standalone 1 target Hard Drive Duplicator. It has all the features that IT professionals need, yet even a computer novice can use it right out of the box.

Capable of copying both SATA and PATA hard drives, the Mobile Clone is still small enough to easily throw in a briefcase or backpack to transport.

For more information and pricing, click here.

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