TrueCrypt is dead — and that might not be a bad thing
The death of Windows XP didn’t trigger the apocalypse many feared, but it hasn’t been without incident, nor is it over yet. In May, TrueCrypt...
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Maliyil Tim
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<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/timmaliyil" rel="nofollow">Tim Maliyil</a> is the CEO and Data Security Architect for AlertBoot. AlertBoot protects customers from data breaches that damage their credibility, reputation, and business. The company’s managed full disk encryption, email encryption services, and mobile security services deploy within minutes to customers’ PCs, smartphones, and tablets, providing tremendous insight, visibility, and control.
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7/100
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Profile completenessGetting started
45/100
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Pre-pivot work
1 article from Maliyil Tim's earlier era on TECHi (pre-2026 financial-coverage pivot). URLs still resolve and Google can crawl them, but they're not on the current beat.