Excerpts from Randy George’s "Dark Side of DLP"

Randy George wrote a good article for InformationWeek titled The Dark Side of Data Loss Prevention . I thought he made several good points that are worth repeating and expanding. [T]here’s an ugly truth that DLP vendors don’t like to talk about: Managing DLP on a large scale can drag your staff under like a concrete block tied to their ankles. This is important, and Randy explains why in the rest of the article. Before you fire off your first scan to see just how much sensitive data is floating around the network, you’ll need to create the policies that define appropriate use of corporate information. This is a huge issue. Who is to say just…
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asteingruebl (Andy Steingruebl) : @taosecurity That was true of incidents Verizon and USSS handled. That doesn't by itself = all incidents. Right?.. Updated : 2010-07-31T02:40:16Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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shirkdog (shirkdog) : @taosecurity so... the outsider attacks would be 69% pre 2008 :).. Updated : 2010-07-31T01:59:43Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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shirkdog (shirkdog) : @taosecurity When jobs are there, maybe some people think about getting back at the company...but people seem to be more pessimistic now... Updated : 2010-07-31T01:58:37Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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alexhutton (Alex Hutton) : RT @taosecurity: Schultz: study puts to rest the lingering legend that most attacks are due to insiders http://bit.ly/cafM51.. Updated : 2010-07-31T01:47:12Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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taosecurity (Richard Bejtlich) : Schultz: This study should put to rest the lingering information security legend that most attacks are due to insiders http://bit.ly/cafM51.. Updated : 2010-07-31T01:44:00Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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