Data security for an SMB – Flying First Class on a budget
A talk I give recently at one of our Thursday online workshops on data security More data security presentations from danny lieberman
Dissonance is bad for business
In music, dissonance is sound quality which seems “unstable”, and has an aural “need” to “resolve” to a “stable” consonance. Leading up to the Al Quaeda attack on the US in 9/11, the FBI investigated, the CIA analyzed but no one bothered to discuss the impact of Saudis learning to fly but not land airplanes. […]
Data security metrics
Anything can be measured. As Bertrand Russell wrote – All exact science is based on approximation. If a man tells you he knows a thing exactly, then you can be safe in inferring that you are speaking to an inexact man. This is one of the talks I gave at our weekly Thursday seminar – […]
Data loss prevention from inside out
I love how this Cisco video clip on Blip TV starts with examples of DDOS attacks and then uses shots of incoming content filtering and then dramatizes with a cop not allowing a visitor into the booth – what is going on here? Cisco didn’t have budget for an editor who knows the difference between […]
Free agent DLP from Sophos
Sophos has announced that they will soon include endpoint data loss prevention functionality in their anti-virus software. Developed in-house, Sophos will have an independent offering – unlike Websense, RSA, Symantec, Trend Micro and McAfee (who all purchased DLP technology) and have integrated it into their product lines with various levels of success (or not). The […]
The cost of HIPAA privacy violations
Back in February 09 I noted that CVS Caremark Corp. had agreed to pay $2.25 million to settle a federal investigation into allegations that it violated HIPAA privacy regulations when pharmacy employees threw items such as pill bottles with patient information into the trash. This morning, 9 months later – I checked the stock […]
DLP – a Disturbing Lack of Process?
Ted Ritter has suggested that we rename DLP a Disturbing Lack of Process Indeed DLP is not a well-defined term – since so many vendors (Kaspersky anti-virus, McAfee anti-virus, Symantec anti-virus, Trend Micro Provilla, CA Backup…you name it) have labeled their products “Data loss prevention” products in an attempt to turn the tide of data […]
SMB are at risk for fraudulent transactions
Since we often relate to the security of a business through the eyes of our personal data security – it may come of a surprise that a SMB is exposed to data security threats where a personal card holder is protected.
Bribes as a way of doing business, the Obama Peace Prize
When I talk about employee data security vulnerabilities, I like to bring examples of how gambling or cyber-stalking can threaten an employee and make them vulnerable into being exploited and disclosing or manipulated company information. A competitor or criminal may offer to help with a gambling debt in return for stealing some documents. That’s a […]
Data security for SMB
Yesterday, I gave a talk at our Thursday security Webinar about data security for SMB (small to mid-sized businesses). I’ve been thinking about DLP solutions for SMB for a couple of years now; the market didn’t seem mature or perhaps SMB customer awareness was low, but with the continued wave of data security breaches, everyone […]
