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How the information-centric security approach can protect sensitive company information

How the DRM approach further protects company data?

VARs have a big opportunity in the midmarket, according to study

According to a study conducted by Echo Research for Arrow Enterprise Computing Solutions, VARs targeting the mid market "need to improve before they can take full advantage of the market opportunity.

The study showed that 70 percent of executives said their consultants performed up to expectation, but only 10 percent said their consultants exceeded expectations.

Greatest Challenge in VoIP Security

The greatest challenge in VoIP security is that there are very few good example case studies available. There are some very good VoIP deployments. But try to find a white-paper with someone disclosing all the their success stories in building a perfect VoIP network. No luck! Unfortunately much of that data is hidden in confidential documents. Still, I have really loved to see VoIP security emerge and evolve from being a hindrance in VoIP deployment, into a key marketing value. Finally some of those success stories will get a chance to see daylight.

Failures of Information Security: Observing the World and Asking Why

Information security matters; it is important. It matters to companies and their shareholders. It is of great importance to the general public, whose personal data is stored by the companies and organizations with which they interact (and by some with which they don’t). We all hope our private files and email correspondence remain secure. The security industry and security professionals are the guardians of that personal information. They seek to frustrate criminals by employing standard ways of working and by deploying security technologies. Unfortunately, these efforts have not always been successful. This chapter delves into some of the most apparent failures of information security.