Risk Intolerant: Defense in Depth And the Rise of Data Loss Prevention
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Security pros continue to move from protecting systems to protecting data, and it's about time. Attackers are getting smarter, and complex new applications make repelling them ever harder. Technologies like data loss prevention, or DLP, purport to help. Here's what you need to know about this emerging discipline.
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Table of Contents
- Author's Bio
- Executive Summary
- Research Synopsis
- A Holistic Approach to DLP
- Impact Assessment
- The Genesis of Network DLP
- Big Brother Is Watching
- Regulatory Compliance Is Driving This Train
- ROIAnalysis: Data Loss Prevention
- Strategy for DLP Success From Network to Endpoint
- Appendix
About the Author
Randy George has covered a wide range of network infrastructure and information security topics in his three years as an InformationWeek and Network Computing contributor and security beat owner. He has 13 years of experience in enterprise IT as a senior-level systems analyst and network engineer and holds professional certifications from Microsoft, Cisco and Check Point.
Randy earned a BS in computer engineering from Wentworth Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts Isenberg School of Management.
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