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Solutions for Data Security and Asset Management

Proton is evolving, true to the company's vision, from a primary focus to end-of-life electronic data sanitization to providing asset management solutions protecting data in its infancy with modular data centers. Costly data breaches are happening every day and it is critical for government agencies and organizations to properly secure and dispose of sensitive information and stay in compliance with numerous State and Federal Regulations.

Proton's line of Degaussers and Optical Media Declassifiers meet or exceed both NSA and United States Department of Defense guidelines for destruction of electronic media and sensitive data. With over 20 years of experience in the data security industry, Proton's natural progression to fulfill customers' needs has moved the company into providing asset management solutions. Proton is a leading distributor for Global Asset Tracking and Management Systems as well as Mission Critical Facilities deployed around the world.

Why Our Products?

Proton is the only company that manufacturers and markets a family of both degaussing and declassifying products. When compared to competitor's products, Proton's new line of automatic degaussers have the highest coercivity, least weight, and lowest price because the products use groundbreaking electromagnetic pulse (EMP) technology. Proton's patented declassifiers use innovative "micro-indention" technology and are the only declassification products on the NSA Evaluated Products List. For the past twenty years, Proton products have been proudly manufactured in the United States at the request of the National Security Agency (NSA) unlike offshore-manufactured competitors' products. The design of current products meets and exceeds the highest standards of the Department of Defense (DoD) and accommodates projected new hard drive technology that will occur over the next several years.

Various laws now require government agencies and businesses to take critical steps to ensure that no personal data is left on disposed hard drives and electronic media. For a list of select regulations and guidelines that address compliance with data security and proper data destruction and disposal methods Click Here

News

April 04, 2011 Connecticut Hospital Loses Hard Drive Holding 93,500 Patient Records
MidState Medical Center is investigating a data breach involving a hospital worker misplacing an external hard drive that stored data on 93,500 patients...
April 01, 2011 States Attempt to Address Privacy Risks Associated with Digital Copiers and Electronic Waste
As reported in BNA's Privacy Law Watch, on April 1, 2011, a New York law went in effect requiring manufacturers of certain electronic equipment, including devices that have hard drives capable of storing personal information...
March 15, 2011 Health Net Data Breach Affects 1.9 Million People
There were stories yesterday like this one at Health Leaders Media and this one at the LA Times reporting that California-based insurer Health Net has suffered yet another massive data breach, this time involving 1.9 million current and past customers, health-care providers and employees...
March 09, 2011 Private data on junked NJ computers
Taxpayers' Social Security numbers, confidential child abuse reports and personnel reviews of New Jersey workers nearly went to the highest bidder after the state sent surplus computers out for auction...
December 08, 2010 NASA Sells Hard Drives With Sensitive Government Info
Julian Assange may have needed a mole inside the Army to get sensitive government documents for WikiLeaks, but thanks to the lax IT procedures at NASA, it looks like he may have only needed an eBay account...
December 02, 2010 Identity Theft Warning for U of Arizona Students
The University of Arizona says they've lost a computer hard drive containing information on thousands of students...
November 16, 2010 Pa. college: Missing drive contained personal info
A computer hard drive containing personal information for 43,000 students, alumni and prospective students is missing from a central Pennsylvania college...
November 08, 2010 Health Net Faces $375,000 Fine Over Missing Hard Drive
Health Net faces a $375,000 fine for a security breach last year at the insurer's Northeast headquarters in Shelton...
October 20, 2010 Health insurers say data on 280,000 Pennsylvania clients may be compromised
Keystone Mercy Health Plan and AmeriHealth Mercy Health Plan said Tuesday that a hard drive containing the names, addresses, and health information of 280,000 Medicaid members in Pennsylvania has been lost...
October 7, 2010 ICO supports prison sentences for serious breaches
In a response to an MoJ call for evidence, the ICO says it supports prison sentences for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act...
September 1, 2010 60 Minutes Showcase on Spying Hints at Dirty Secret: E-waste Contains Classified Data
An interesting story on last Sunday's 60 Minutes program showcased a pervasive foreign spying threat against the United States...
August 12, 2010 HITRUST: HIPAA Breaches Near $1 Billion
Covered entities and business associates reporting breaches of unsecured personal health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more individuals...
July 23, 2010 Health data missing from state agency
A computer hard drive containing confidential information on thousands of state Medicaid clients is missing...
July 20, 2010 Tape with personal info of Idaho Power, St. Luke's employees is missing
St. Luke's Health System has notified several thousand hospital employees in Boise, Wood River...
July 08, 2010 Health Insurer to Pay Connecticut $250K for Data Breach
A California-based health insurance company has agreed to pay Connecticut $250,000 for losing a disk drive...
July 06, 2010 Proton's New Automatic Degausser Provides the Ultimate Guard Against Data Breaches
Proton Data Security announces the release of its newest automatic degausser, the model T-1.5...
July 02, 2010 AMR Data Breach Compromises Data of 79,000 People
American Air parent says worker data compromised...
June 18, 2010 Proton Data Security Named as Finalist in Computers and Peripherals Category for TechAmerica Foundation American Technology Awards
Proton Data Security, has been named a finalist in the Computers and Peripherals category for the American Technology Awards...
June 15, 2010 Degauss your photocopier hard drives and prevent data theft
The vulnerability of information stored on a computer hard drive has been recognized as a security risk for some time, but did you know that digital photocopiers and high-end laser printers also include a hard drive which can store and log all of your activity?
June 02, 2010 City Schools sold computers with employees personal information
The Roanoke City School system sold computers with employees personal information still on them...
May 28, 2010 Interior loses CD with personal data for 7,500 federal employees
A compact disc that contains personally identifiable information for about 7,500 federal employees has been reported lost by the Interior Department's shared services center...
May 03, 2010 Hard drive missing from Ky. Hospital
The Medical Center at Bowling Green is notifying 5,418 patients of a breach resulting from the theft of an unencrypted portable hard drive stored in a locked area...
April 23, 2010 Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets
At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret...
April 13, 2010 Proton's T-4 Automatic Degausser Receives "Best of FOSE 2010" Award
Proton's T-4, the newest and currently most powerful degausser on the NSA Evaluated Products List, received another IT endorsement when it was awarded a "Best of FOSE 2010" award at the FOSE conference in Washington, DC on March 24th...
April 8, 2010 Washington Creates Data Security Law
Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire has signed legislation into law that encourages financial institutions to comply with that data security requirements -- or face potential liability if a data breach occurs...
April 7, 2010 Personal Medical Records Missing
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. Hospital Hard Drive Missing...
April 7, 2010 Half a Million Pound Fines for Data Breaches from Today (UK)
The Information Commissioner will be able to issue fines of up to half a million pounds to businesses that break the Data Protection Act, from today (April 6)...