Tag Archives: data loss prevention

Network Solutions “Hacked Account” Demonstrates Incompetence

January 7, 2010 – 5:00 am – When in doubt, claim the account was hacked. That appears to be the reasoning of a Network Solutions Technical Support Representative. Normally I do not write about other companies but this is an interesting case. As professionals we view being hacked as something we defend against. While some…
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Going for the Gold, Man

October 13, 2009 – 6:00 am – It was all over the news on July 7, 2009. A lowly $400,000 per annum developer had stolen computer programs that contained Goldman Sachs’ secret sauce, while in the process of trying to download some open source programs … or so he apparently claimed. …
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Data Loss (or Leak) Prevention (DLP) – Damming the Estuary

January 20, 2009 – 6:00 am – For some time I have been seeking a metaphor for the well-nigh impossible task of protecting all the sensitive information in which organizations have been awash. And then I was invited to be on a panel at a recent “CSO Executive Seminar Series on Data Loss Prevention” event and so I…
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