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Network World Security Alert Jan 27, 2016 Protecting against the next great heist by encrypting in-transit data Encrypting sensitive and mission-critical data while in transit is essential in today's digital economy. Encryption at the optical layer during transport provides a strong and effective safeguard, offering an additional level of protection to enable end-to-end security. 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Read More ▶ Video Dumb passwords: The 2016 Oscars Edition In 2015, the world's stupidest people chose Star wars-related passwords like "princess," "solo" and "starwars." So let's watch PCWorld's Jon Phillips pick even dumber movie-related passwords for 2016. Watch Now ▶ Employee data often isn't encrypted as well as customer data, report says Workers are out on a limb when it comes to data theft, says a report. Read More ▶ Security startup wages continuous war games against networks Startup SafeBreach automatically assesses corporate networks to find out whether they offer up enough security loopholes for real-world attacks to succeed. Read More ▶ Startup Cybric aims to reduce time between detecting and remediating breaches Startup Cybric is working on a cloud-based platform to help businesses find out about breaches quickly and clean them up as fast as possible. 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