Email is the most common form of communication in business today. Every IT manger and CIO knows they need to block spam and viruses from entering their network via email – a real no-brainer these days. We even have world-class products and services to remove unwanted email at a truly impressive catch rate of well Read more…
Tags: Data Loss Prevention, Data Protection, Data Protection Act, DLP, Email & Web Security, email security, spam
Ever wonder how some of your favorite apps work together seamlessly, integrating key data points across platforms? How about the financial information you just pulled from a cloud-based CRM through your company’s ERP portal? The answer is the near invisible Application Programming Interface, or API. These pieces of finely tuned code silently make the digital Read more…
Tags: APIs, DLP, intel, Mcafee DLP, security
You want to use cloud services, and you want to do so securely. The notion of secure cloud computing has seemed like a pipe dream in recent history, with most believing it just isn’t possible to put data in the cloud with confidence. The truth is, many of these services have matured, and so have Read more…
Tags: Cloud computing, cloud security, collaboration, DLP, file sharing, McAfee Cloud Security Platform, Mcafee DLP, Peer to Peer file sharing, secure cloud computing
Many customers have come to me and said “I understand the importance of data loss prevention (DLP) for my organization; but where do I start?” Not only does data in enterprises double every 18 months, organizations don’t always know where all their data resides, who use it and how it is being used. With most Read more…
Tags: Data Protection, DLP, McAfee Data Loss Prevention, Mcafee DLP
People can sometimes feel overwhelmed when they think about deploying data loss prevention (DLP) at their organization. Some common concerns I hear from prospects are: First I want to classify my data. How can I do that? DLP has many components. Where do I start? I have lots of data – some sensitive, some not. Read more…
Data classification is an important – and very challenging – problem. It is all about tagging your data so that it can be found quickly and efficiently. It is part of the Information Lifecycle Management process and enables organizations answer the following questions. What data types are available? Where are certain data located? What access Read more…
Tags: Data Classification, Data Protection, DLP, McAfee Data Loss Prevention
Current DLP solutions rely on text pattern recognition to detect sensitive data and prevent data loss. But how can that protect images, digital media and other high value assets? If DLP could protect digital media, the 2009 leak of X-Men Origins: Wolverine would not have happened. Adding in a recognizable pattern or watermark is one Read more…
Tags: Data Protection, DLP, intellectual property, IP, McAfee Data Loss Prevention
Many global organizations operate in highly competitive markets, including countries known to aggressively target intellectual property. A significant amount of sensitive information, including intellectual property (IP) resides in enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems such as SAP and Oracle. Traditionally, the security around this information has been limited to the capabilities of the ERP system through Read more…
Tags: Data Protection, DLP, enterprise resource planning, ERP, intellectual property, IP, McAfee Data Loss Prevention, Saviynt Access Manager
The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held recently, in Krottner v. Starbucks Corporation, that increased risk of future misuse of personal data following the theft of a laptop containing the unencrypted personal data of a group of current and former Starbucks employees amounted to an injury sufficient to confer standing to sue in federal court. Note Read more…
Tags: class action lawsuit, Compliance, Data Protection, DLP, encryption, enterprise, Mid-Market, Risk and Compliance
Blocking spam is the top job of your email security solution. When it is not working well, the user complaints come flying in. An effective anti-spam solution is critically important to have, but are spam catch rates the important criteria for selecting an email security solution? Not anymore. Virus Bulletin recently published its January anti-spam Read more…
Tags: Compliance, DLP, Email & Web Security, Risk and Compliance, spam
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