Data Leak
46 Stories
How to detect data leaks
Insight The good news is there are methods organizations can use to prevent sensitive data from getting out.
Tags: Data security
Preventing data loss--what's needed
Insight perspective Though there are plenty of tools to help businesses shore up data, the lack of policy standards makes the task more difficult than it should be, says analyst.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, IBM Corp., Security, Policy, LDAP, Server
Data leaks highlight need for security
Insight perspective High-profile data leaks with fat fines are causing businesses to take content security seriously. An analyst offers some advice on how to get it right.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Business security, Data security, PC security, Data, Security, Business, Policy, Quocirca
Survey: IT managers worried about data leaks
News A new survey shows that corporations worry about sensitive data leaking out of corporate networks along with malicious software sneaking in.
Tags: Security, Malware, Data Leak, Survey, IT manager, Osterman Research, unified communications, IM, blog, information technology
Keeping safe from insiders, malware and data leaks
News Companies demo new products and services that help corporations with security issues like data leaks, malicious applications and insider threats.
Tags: Data security, Malware, Data Leak, Insider Threat, desktop management, remote desktop, Password, enterprise security, software, Microsoft Office
Fighting cybercrime in an economic downturn
News Malware attacks are up now that the economic times are tough, with online scammers going into overdrive with phishing and other online schemes.
Tags: Phishing, Malware, Security, e-Mail Message, social networking, e-mail, McAfee Inc., network, bank, banking
Data leak puts PayPal users at phishing risk
News After an online intruder snags data from a partner, PayPal warns its customers that phishing attacks could be on the way.
Tags: Spam and phishing
U.K. banks off the hook for Indian data breach
News No action in store for banks over alleged sales of customer data by an Indian call center worker, U.K. watchdog says.
Tags: Data security
Monitoring staff e-mail and Internet: Dos and don'ts
News Should you be keeping an eye on the inboxes of your workers or not? Here are dos and don'ts for monitoring staff e-mail and Internet usage.
Tags: E-mail servers, E-mail clients, Security implementation/standards, Web sites, IT Governance, Communications, Staff E-mail, Malware, compliance, e-mail
Securing encrypted traffic in SSL
Insight perspective Encrypted traffic can still be dangerous, despite being carried by Secure Sockets Layer. Find out what options firms can consider to contain threats via SSL.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Authentication, Malware, SSL, antivirus, SSL certificate, certificate authority
Malaysia to enforce data protection law
News Eight years in the making, country's Personal Data Protection Bill will finally be tabled in parliament this month and expected to be in force early-2010.
Tags: Data security, Privacy, Local Government, Regulations, Data Protection, E-government, Conference, Safe Harbor, European Union, Singapore
Why your business should embrace Web 2.0
Insight Web 2.0 technologies can be a boon to businesses--find out how in this excerpt from Throwing Sheep in the Boardroom by Matthew Fraser and Soumitra Dutta.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Internet advertising, Wiki, Tool, Enterprise 2.0, Harvard Business Review, Alvin Toffler, social networking, vision
Worker mobility impacts SMB data protection
Insight To maintain security, small and midsize firms must adopt strategy that combines people, processes and technology focused on preventing data leakage.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Security Management, Security, Mobile, Mobile Device, Small And Medium Business, intellectual property, sensitive information, social networking
Sender ID's fading message
Insight Lack of popularity of Microsoft's antispam technology could make it harder to reverse consumers' eroding faith in e-mail.
Tags: Personal applications
To encrypt or not? That is the question
Insight Encryption hasn't become the privacy panacea it was once promised to be for e-mail, but it's making headway on hard drives. Here's why it isn't mainstream, yet.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Data security, Security applications/tools, Security Management, PGP Corp., Microsoft Corp., Data, Microsoft Windows Live, Encryption, e-mail
