White Papers on Data Loss Prevention
Osterman Research: Why Your Organization Needs to Implement DLP
Data breaches can carry very serious consequences, as the Hannaford Brothers chain of supermarkets learned firsthand when the company lost more than four million debit and credit card numbers to hackers. The bottom line is that organizations must implement Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems to protect themselves against the growing array of threats they face from inadvertent and malicious data leaks from email, instant messaging and other systems.
Trend Micro™ Data Loss Prevention: Leveraging Data Loss Prevention Technology to Secure Corporate Assets
Companies rely on knowledge assets, such as product formulas and customer databases. VPNs and network monitors can protect proprietary information from outsiders; but, they won’t do much to prevent access by internal users. With the popularity of wireless networks, USB drives and other portable devices, it’s all too easy for insiders to leak key data. This white paper explains how Trend Micro™ Data Loss Prevention protects sensitive data at rest, in use, and in motion.
When Encryption Isn't Enough
Encryption will help to protect data against unauthorized access by outsiders from lost or stolen devices such as laptops, thumb drives, and other removable media. But it does not protect against the insider threat-employees and contractors with authorized access to data who mistakenly or maliciously leak your most valuable assets.
Data Protection Solutions at Midsize Organizations
In January of 2008, a random sample of online technical newsletter subscribers at midsize companies (100-5,000 employees) received an email invitation to participate in a survey about data protection solutions use at their organizations. The goal of the survey was to identify sources of and/or reasons for information security breaches, and to better understand how businesses are planning to protect themselves against data leaks. The following report presents top line results of the study.
