Privacy is the best policy.
Help prevent visual hackers from compromising your organisation's sensitive data.
What's at stake? Anything and everything.
Organisations spend millions protecting their digital data, yet sensitive information can still be vulnerable to visual hackers. 3M Privacy Products use advanced technology to block ill-intended views, while providing a clear view for the user in front of the screen. It’s an easy investment, especially considering the potential cost of a visual hacking attack.
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95% of all security incidents involve human error.1
Your organisation’s private information moves with your employees. Is it protected? All humans make mistakes. And confidential information displayed on screens may be a weak link in the IT security plans of many organisations. In today’s modern, mobile business environment, having a visual privacy plan is more vital than ever.
1 IBM’s “2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index”
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Anyone can be a visual hacker—outside and inside the office.Visual privacy isn't just a concern outside your walls. How many visitors and contractors are in your office on a daily basis? It's not just your employees who may see sensitive data within your organisation.
Which industries are at risk?
Most companies are at risk, but key industries should be particularly aware of visual privacy issues.
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Help keep your privacy in good health and supplement your organisation's compliance program with certain industry standards.
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A worthy investment—help prevent the inadvertent compromise of client information and help financial institutions supplement their compliance program with certain industry standards.
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Federal agencies must be especially vigilant to help keep proprietary information confidential.
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Raise your hand if you're concerned about helping protect testing integrity and classroom technology.
Privacy Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Employee Education,Visual HackingTake Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Employee Education,Visual Hacking,EnterpriseCase Study: Global Beverage Company
As a U.S.-based company with global reach, the protection of visual privacy is a top concern for executives.
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Whitepaper,Data Security,EnterpriseWhitepaper: Three High Risk Employees Compromising Company Security
Separating employees into risk groups can help when building an operational strategy around visual privacy.
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Case Study,Employee Education,EnterpriseCase Study: Global Management Consulting Firm
A Global Management Consulting Firm took steps to reduce the risk of visual hacking by employing the use of privacy filters.
Privacy Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Case Study: Global Beverage Company
As a U.S.-based company with global reach, the protection of visual privacy is a top concern for executives.
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Whitepaper: Three High Risk Employees Compromising Company Security
Separating employees into risk groups can help when building an operational strategy around visual privacy.
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Case Study: Global Management Consulting Firm
A Global Management Consulting Firm took steps to reduce the risk of visual hacking by employing the use of privacy filters.
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Privacy Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Case Study: Global Beverage Company
As a U.S.-based company with global reach, the protection of visual privacy is a top concern for executives.
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Whitepaper: Three High Risk Employees Compromising Company Security
Separating employees into risk groups can help when building an operational strategy around visual privacy.
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Case Study: Global Management Consulting Firm
A Global Management Consulting Firm took steps to reduce the risk of visual hacking by employing the use of privacy filters.
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Privacy in Healthcare
Help keep your privacy in good health and and supplement your organisation's compliance program.
Did you know?
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$5.6 billion: Annual cost to US healthcare due to data breaches.2
The healthcare industry is complex with unique challenges. The pressure to maintain patient privacy is ever increasing. And securing health information is a core requirement for Medicare and Medicaid incentive programs.
2 Estimated annual cost based on 2014 Annual Study: Patient Privacy and Data Security, Ponemon Institute”
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3M products may help supplement your HIPAA Compliance Program.3M Privacy Products are an easy solution to help supplement your overall compliance, including such regulations as HIPAA Omnibus Rule Provisions and HITECH. And since they help protect patient data from prying eyes, our products can help with peace-of-mind for patients and practitioners.
2 Estimated annual cost based on 2014 Annual Study: Patient Privacy and Data Security, Ponemon Institute”
Visual Hacking Key Risk Areas in Healthcare
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Addressing risk areas in healthcare.
When it comes to managing sensitive patient information and ensuring compliance with regulations, privacy is essential in healthcare organisations. There are a number of key areas in hospitals, clinics and medical practices where employees must be vigilant against visual hacking threats.
Key Risk Areas
• Open areas, corridors and waiting rooms
• Scheduling stations
• Computers-On-Wheels
• Nurse stations and check-in monitors
• Patient records and billing
• Exam rooms
• Offices near windows
• Devices for mobile employees and executives
Healthcare Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organization on the importance of visual privacy.
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Employee Education,Visual HackingTake Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper,Employee Education,HealthcareWhitepaper: Healthcare and the Importance of Visual Privacy
The healthcare industry has gone through a data revolution over the past decade. Addressing visual privacy is more important than ever.
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Whitepaper,Visual Hacking,HealthcareWhitepaper: How to Respond to a Visual Privacy Breach in Healthcare
Learn how to build a response plan to secure medical data when a visual privacy incident is reported to limit potential harm to patients.
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Case Study,Employee Education,HealthcareCase Study: National Retail Pharmacy Chain
A National Retail Pharmacy Chain uses privacy filters to supplement their compliance program with healthcare industry regulations and provides privacy training and education to employees.
Healthcare Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organization on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: Healthcare and the Importance of Visual Privacy
The healthcare industry has gone through a data revolution over the past decade. Addressing visual privacy is more important than ever.
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Whitepaper: How to Respond to a Visual Privacy Breach in Healthcare
Learn how to build a response plan to secure medical data when a visual privacy incident is reported to limit potential harm to patients.
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Case Study: National Retail Pharmacy Chain
A National Retail Pharmacy Chain uses privacy filters to supplement their compliance program with healthcare industry regulations and provides privacy training and education to employees.
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Healthcare Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organization on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: Healthcare and the Importance of Visual Privacy
The healthcare industry has gone through a data revolution over the past decade. Addressing visual privacy is more important than ever.
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Whitepaper: How to Respond to a Visual Privacy Breach in Healthcare
Learn how to build a response plan to secure medical data when a visual privacy incident is reported to limit potential harm to patients.
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Case Study: National Retail Pharmacy Chain
A National Retail Pharmacy Chain uses privacy filters to supplement their compliance program with healthcare industry regulations and provides privacy training and education to employees.
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Privacy in Banking and Finance
A worthy investment—help protect client and customer information.
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$5.8 million: Average organisational cost of a data breach in the US.3
With the heightened media attention and awareness around corporate data security breaches, it's more important than ever to consider your organisation's policies around protecting visual privacy.
3 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis," Ponemon Institute/IBM, May 2014”
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3M Privacy Products may aid compliance with legislation and industry standards.3M Privacy Products provide visual privacy on monitors, laptops and mobile displays, helping to supplement an organisation's compliance program for industry standards such as the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act and the PCI Data Security Standards.
3 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis," Ponemon Institute/IBM, May 2014”
Visual Hacking Key Risk Areas in Finance
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Addressing risk areas in finance.
Banking and financial organisations know the value of customer privacy. In order to uphold compliance laws and protect sensitive financial information, banks and financial offices should ensure visual privacy in a numer of key areas.
Key Risk Areas
• Lobbies and high-traffic public areas
• Open office floor plans
• ATMs and kiosks
• Drive-up teller windows
• Teller workstations
• Platform desks
• Shared workspaces
• Offices near windows
• Devices for mobile employees and executives
Finance Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organization on the importance of visual privacy.
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Employee Education,Visual HackingTake Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper,Mobile Worker,FinanceWhitepaper: Dealing with the Careless Mobile Worker
It’s now more important than ever that companies help ensure their mobile workforce is as secure as possible, no matter what device they choose.
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Whitepaper,Employee Education,FinanceWhitepaper: Financial Services and the Need for Visual Privacy
In the financial industry, the protection of customer data and internal financial statements is non-negotiable. No matter if it's being stored, transmitted or viewed.
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Case Study,Employee Education,FinanceCase Study: National Retail Bank
By completing a visual privacy audit within its retail locations, a National Retail Bank was able to pinpoint weak points within the organisation, develop a stronger visual privacy policy.
Finance Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organization on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: Dealing with the Careless Mobile Worker
It’s now more important than ever that companies help ensure their mobile workforce is as secure as possible, no matter what device they choose.
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Whitepaper: Financial Services and the Need for Visual Privacy
In the financial industry, the protection of customer data and internal financial statements is non-negotiable. No matter if it's being stored, transmitted or viewed.
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Case Study: National Retail Bank
By completing a visual privacy audit within its retail locations, a National Retail Bank was able to pinpoint weak points within the organisation, develop a stronger visual privacy policy.
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Finance Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organization on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: Dealing with the Careless Mobile Worker
It’s now more important than ever that companies help ensure their mobile workforce is as secure as possible, no matter what device they choose.
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Whitepaper: Financial Services and the Need for Visual Privacy
In the financial industry, the protection of customer data and internal financial statements is non-negotiable. No matter if it's being stored, transmitted or viewed.
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Case Study: National Retail Bank
By completing a visual privacy audit within its retail locations, a National Retail Bank was able to pinpoint weak points within the organisation, develop a stronger visual privacy policy.
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Privacy in Education
Raise your hand if you're concerned about protecting classroom integrity, technology and student private information.
Did you know?
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44 states: Plan to adopt new online tests by 2014-2015 school year.4
Monitor, laptop and even tablet screens are becoming ubiquitous in the classroom. And it’s important that each device remains protected from prying eyes. Particularly in computer labs and testing facilities where screens may be close together and easily seen by adjacent students.
4 “Online Testing Revolution Comes to Schools." Washington Post (2012)”
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Help protect privacy and technology investments with 3M.3M Privacy Products help provide protection against visual hackers and from the rigors of everyday use. They are an easy solution for helping protect your investment in your technology and your students. Not to mention the integrity of your educational institution.
4 “Online Testing Revolution Comes to Schools." Washington Post (2012)”
Visual Hacking Key Risk Areas in Education
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Addressing risk areas in education.
From admissions and administrative offices to study halls and exam rooms, schools and universities have no shortage of visual hacking risk areas. There are a number of important locations where leaders and teachers may want to focus their efforts on increasing visual privacy.
Key Risk Areas
• Lobbies and public areas
• Open administrative offices
• Classroom and faculty computer screens
• Computer labs
• Computerized testing areas
• Libraries and shared study areas
Education Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Employee Education,Visual HackingTake Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper,Cloud,EducationWhitepaper: The Rewards and Risks of Cloud Computing in Education
Institutions of higher education expect to cut 20% of their IT budget by moving applications to the cloud.
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Whitepaper,EducationWhitepaper: Helping Prevent Cheating in the Technology Enabled Classroom
Cheating in schools has become easier and more prevalent in recent years.
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Whitepaper,Data Security,EducationWhitepaper: An Enterprise Visual Privacy Maturity Model (VPMM)
With the explosive growth in worker mobility, enterprises are faced with more screens in public places.
Education Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: The Rewards and Risks of Cloud Computing in Education
Institutions of higher education expect to cut 20% of their IT budget by moving applications to the cloud.
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Whitepaper: Helping Prevent Cheating in the Technology Enabled Classroom
Cheating in schools has become easier and more prevalent in recent years.
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Whitepaper: An Enterprise Visual Privacy Maturity Model (VPMM)
With the explosive growth in worker mobility, enterprises are faced with more screens in public places.
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Education Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: The Rewards and Risks of Cloud Computing in Education
Institutions of higher education expect to cut 20% of their IT budget by moving applications to the cloud.
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Whitepaper: Helping Prevent Cheating in the Technology Enabled Classroom
Cheating in schools has become easier and more prevalent in recent years.
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Whitepaper: An Enterprise Visual Privacy Maturity Model (VPMM)
With the explosive growth in worker mobility, enterprises are faced with more screens in public places.
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Privacy in Government
Federal, state and local government employees must be vigilant to keep information private.
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650%: Increase in cyber-security breaches reported by gov. agencies in 2013.5
Government employees view sensitive digital data on display screens every day. And as cyber-security risks increase and mobile use becomes more frequent, preventing visual data breaches is an ever-growing challenge.
5 Government Accountability Office (GAO)”
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Compliance with regulations like HIPAA, HITECH and FISMA is vital.Covering screens with 3M Privacy Products can help keep the public’s information private and protected from the prying eyes of visual hackers. They can also be an important step in helping to supplement your compliance with regulation such as HIPPA, HITECH, FISMA and more.
5 Government Accountability Office (GAO)”
Visual Hacking Key Risk Areas in Government
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Addressing risk areas in government.
Government employees must be especially vigilant at keeping the public’s information private. From federal buildings and offices to commuters and workers on the go, there are a number of areas that have a high risk of visual hacking.
Key Risk Areas
• Lobbies and public areas
• Kiosks
• Open office floor plans
• Open cubicles
• Shared workspaces
• Offices near windows
• Computerized testing areas
• Police squad car computer screens
• Devices for mobile employees and executives
Education Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Employee Education,Visual HackingTake Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper,Data Security,GovernmentWhitepaper: How the Government's Joint Information Environment Creates Secure Mobile Communications
Learn about a central piece of the information sharing solution the government is putting in place to help ensure our nation’s security in the modern age.
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Whitepaper,Mobile Worker,GovernmentWhitepaper: Strengthening Security Protocols for Mobile Federal Government Employees
A strategy developed for the federal government provides guidance for how all federal agencies can manage mobile devices efficiently, and securely.
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Whitepaper,Employee Education,GovernmentWhitepaper: Visual Privacy, an Under-Addressed Yet Critical Protection Area for the Federal Government
There is both a critical need and a basic expectation that the federal government will keep sensitive and classified information secure. But how is visual privacy being addressed?
Education Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: How the Government's Joint Information Environment Creates Secure Mobile Communications
Learn about a central piece of the information sharing solution the government is putting in place to help ensure our nation’s security in the modern age.
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Whitepaper: Strengthening Security Protocols for Mobile Federal Government Employees
A strategy developed for the federal government provides guidance for how all federal agencies can manage mobile devices efficiently, and securely.
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Whitepaper: Visual Privacy, an Under-Addressed Yet Critical Protection Area for the Federal Government
There is both a critical need and a basic expectation that the federal government will keep sensitive and classified information secure. But how is visual privacy being addressed?
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Education Resources, News and Articles
Articles, whitepapers, tools and resources to help educate yourself and your organisation on the importance of visual privacy.
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Take Action, Not Chances: the Visual Privacy Readiness Checklist
Educate your organisation's workforce, create specific policies, and provide solutions to help prevent breaches.
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Whitepaper: How the Government's Joint Information Environment Creates Secure Mobile Communications
Learn about a central piece of the information sharing solution the government is putting in place to help ensure our nation’s security in the modern age.
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Whitepaper: Strengthening Security Protocols for Mobile Federal Government Employees
A strategy developed for the federal government provides guidance for how all federal agencies can manage mobile devices efficiently, and securely.
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Whitepaper: Visual Privacy, an Under-Addressed Yet Critical Protection Area for the Federal Government
There is both a critical need and a basic expectation that the federal government will keep sensitive and classified information secure. But how is visual privacy being addressed?
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Outfit your organisation for maximum privacy.
3M Privacy Products are designed to help keep your sensitive data safe.
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Keep visual hackers in the dark.
3M Screen Privacy Products use advanced microlouver technology to block side views, while providing a crisp, clear view for the intended user.
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More about Visual Hacking
It's a real threat. We have proof. See the results of the Visual Hacking Experiment
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