Corporate Data Features

Enterprises still seem to have turned a blind eye to the vulnerability that exists when information, in document and spreadsheet form, leaves the company via email and laptops. Today, businesses are increasingly moving to SSL-encrypted traffic on their network for greater security and data protection. Businesses not only need to be focused on their intranets but they also need to be vigilant to their outsourced data flow. Richard Turner, CEO of Clearswift speaks about the security industry’s most hyped concepts: Data Loss Prevention (DLP).
The recent rash of high profile security breaches, data loss incidents and associated fraud highlights the fact that the security industry is failing to meet the threats. Failing to protect corporate data opens the corporate purse with no guarantee that it will ever be closed again. Is ignorance bliss? Not when it comes to data loss. People just don’t think that putting family genealogy, exposes them and their families to spying by ID fraudsters and for that matter anyone else (stalkers, paedophiles, employers, parents). We can no longer pretend that information security is working in its current form. So let's change it. Neville Isdell said that the breach “…underscores the responsibility we each have to be vigilant in protecting our trade secrets. Information is the lifeblood of the company.” World Intellectual Property Day (April 26 of each year) came and went; pundits and politicians all made their statements, countries and their counsels all presented their positions, international organizations implored their members to protect intellectual property and the creativity and innovation represented. For information security directors at large corporations, the growing reliance on contractors is a major concern. Local and offshore programmers provide businesses a competitive edge, but they also increase security risks. There's a lot of talk about convergence between physical and information security, shame it hasn't happened. The laws on illegal downloading are due for a much-needed update, so make sure your voice is heard. When individuals lack an understanding of the specifics of a technology, it is very easy to make inaccurate conclusions on how any two technologies are related -- if they are related at all The serial company founder and SC's CEO of the Year tells Paul Fisher why he knew all along that data-centric security was the future. So many application-level zero-day exploits exist today that the question is not whether your computers are safe but what's already running on them. All the encryption in the world won't keep information safe if the people handling data don't think about security. With California's data breach notification law now being extended to cover health care organisations, businesses in this space must pay closer attention to how the personal health information entrusted to their care is safeguarded. After last year's big breaches, new laws on handling confidential data won't be far off, so get ready now.