Take a multi-pronged approach to data security

Jim Kim — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:37:01 -0400

Data security is at the top of a lot of managers' minds these days. Perhaps we can learn from the financial services industry, where the issue is perennially on the front-burner. Aberdeen reports that "best-in-class'' organizations tend toward a multi-pronged approach that spans data discovery and classification, data monitoring and filtering, and endpoint data protection. This allows them to cover the spectrum of possible data leakage points. Most breaches stem from everyday, non-malicious employee mistakes. Article (Wall Street & Technology)