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Do we need data-loss prevention for printers and copiers?

Posted December 14, 2011 - 8:24 am

By now, the idea of using data-loss prevention (DLP) technologies to detect and block unauthorized transit of sensitive information across a network at host and gateway points is well accepted. As applied to peripherals such as printers and copiers, the idea is quite novel. But Canon, a longtime maker of printer-fax-copying machines, says DLP can and should be applied to this, too.
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Zenprise offers iPad app for secure SharePoint access

Posted September 28, 2011 - 11:24 am

Positioned as a data loss prevention tool, the app and server software focus on enforcing SharePoint content policies on iOS devices
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Sony CEO gives reason for data breaches: Bad people don't like how responsible we are

Posted June 30, 2011 - 12:00 pm

Stringer: the 2nd-largest data breach in history was prompted by Sony suits against customers who mod its game console, not laughable security, poor management and ineffective response.
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Use OpenDLP to find valuable data before attackers do

Posted May 12, 2011 - 3:03 pm

“OpenDLP is a free and open source, agent-based, centrally managed, massively distributable data loss prevention tool.” This is how creator Andrew Gavin defines OpenDLP. While this tool could be used to monitor sensitive data on hundreds of systems simultaneously, it could also be used to steal massive amounts of data very quickly.
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Apps to stop data breaches are too complicated to use

Posted May 4, 2011 - 2:31 pm

Data loss protection can protect the specific information you think is too valuable to use; it can also take two years to put into effect.
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Sony launches aggressive investigation of breach; does little for customers

Posted May 4, 2011 - 10:38 am

Sony is aggressively investigating the breaches that lost it data on 100 million customers; so far it hasn't done much to make up the loss to them, though. Shouldn't that come first?
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DOJ: FBI digital counterintelligence weakened by focus on child porn

Posted April 29, 2011 - 10:35 am

Despite espionage campaigns that net 'terabytes' of sensitive data, FBI agents don't get the training or direction to counter attacks; top brass prefers to break down doors.
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Skype gives away private data from Android, gives IT a teachable moment

Posted April 18, 2011 - 11:14 am

Using a grossly insecure Skype client and new exploit for illustration, IT can show its value even to phone users who scoff at musty ideas of how to keep data secure.
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Texas security gaffe dwarfs data breach at Epsilon

Posted April 11, 2011 - 2:49 pm

Bad enough to put personal records on a public server unencrypted, but then to leave them there for a year?
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Verizon admits it was among Epsilon customers in data breach

Posted April 6, 2011 - 1:49 pm

Verizon admitted in emails directly to customers that its data was among that stolen from email service company Epsilon, presumably widening the pool of potential victims.
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IT security study carries cynically great news for CIOs

Posted March 8, 2011 - 1:55 pm

Negligence, not bad IT or good cracking, is what causes more data breaches and costs more than cracks in IT security. No one has a budget to address it.
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Symantec updating data-loss prevention suite

Posted December 14, 2010 - 11:16 am

Symantec plans to have an updated version of its data-loss prevention suite out by mid-2011 that will add advanced machine-learning capability to simplify data classification and keyword definitions of documents to ease administrative chores associated with properly setting up DLP controls.
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Too much 'rape' in WikiLeaks coverage

Posted December 7, 2010 - 10:20 am

News reports focus on sex-crime charges vs. WikiLeaks founder, without describing charges that have little to do with sexual assault.
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WikiLeaks signs its own death warrant with threat to businesses

Posted December 2, 2010 - 12:05 pm

Real data-loss prevention is a political as much as a technical problem; the WikiLeaks example and its threat to dish on corporations makes a good case to help IT address both.
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How to prevent data from leaving your network

Posted August 27, 2010 - 6:11 pm

There are more than a dozen different DLP vendors. We show you three typical products, how they work, and what kinds of information they track.
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Downloadable DLP targets 'unsolvable' issue

Posted July 19, 2010 - 7:58 pm

Web security vendor Websense Inc. is now offering a full-featured downloadable version of its data loss prevention (DLP) technology that IT admins should be able to download and install in less than an hour. But one industry expert warns that DLP is one of those unsolvable problems.
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Cisco expands cloud-based security services

Posted April 28, 2010 - 2:27 pm

In the latest chapter of what it calls its "Secure Borderless Network" initiative, Cisco Wednesday is announcing expanded reporting capability for its ScanSafe Web-filtering service as well as the addition of a data-loss prevention option for the company's cloud-based e-mail security service.
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Review

DLP primer

Posted April 20, 2010 - 10:48 am

Data Leak Protection products (DLP) are designed to help organizations keep tabs on and protect sensitive data that, if lost, could create legal liability, loss of profit, safety or security risks, and so on.
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Review

Data loss prevention comes of age

Posted April 20, 2010 - 9:02 am

After testing endpoint and perimeter data loss prevention products, we conclude our series with a look at data loss prevention tools that can do both.
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Websense debuts unified security architecture

Posted February 9, 2010 - 11:26 am

Websense Tuesday announced Triton, a unified security architecture, which merges its data-loss prevention and e-mail security products, keeping much of the security-as-a-service approach it already supports, but with a common management and reporting console.
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Websense debuts unified security architecture

Posted February 9, 2010 - 11:25 am

Websense Tuesday announced Triton, a unified security architecture, which merges its data-loss prevention and e-mail security products, keeping much of the security-as-a-service approach it already supports, but with a common management and reporting console.
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Cisco IronPort data-loss prevention: beta testers share insights

Posted September 23, 2009 - 4:13 pm

Beta testers of a data-loss prevention add-on to Cisco's IronPort security appliances say DLP is looking like a fine complement to existing anti-virus and anti-spam filtering capabilities.
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Sticker shock over data-loss prevention products could be short-lived

Posted September 21, 2009 - 10:58 am

Data-loss prevention products can potentially save organizations a bundle by preventing the escape of sensitive information. But the six-figure starting price for a typical enterprise deployment of host and gateway-based DLP is tough for many to swallow.
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Oops, there goes another data-loss prevention vendor

Posted September 10, 2009 - 8:21 pm

In the latest sign of data-loss prevention (DLP) market consolidation, Trustwave announced it has acquired Vericept for an undisclosed amount.
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Data Loss Prevention Tools: How MS, RSA Will Work Together

Posted December 8, 2008 - 10:30 am

Microsoft and RSA, The Security Division of EMC, will partner on data loss protection products and will eventually see an actual build in of RSA technology into Microsoft platforms.
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