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Confounded nonsense

M. E. Kabay By M. E. Kabay
A study sponsored by Cisco and carried out by InsightExpress using responses from more than 2,000 respondents in 10 countries indicated that accidental and deliberate violations of security by insiders are a serious threat to data confidentiality. Read full story

M. E. Kabay, PhD, CISSP-ISSMP, specializes in security and operations management consulting services. CV online.

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New ways to protect data from insider attacks A disgruntled employee here, a careless one there, and just about any enterprise can find itself facing a mountain of trouble from confidential information made public. Help is at hand. Armed with increasingly sophisticated outbound-content monitors, information security officers finally have the weapons they need to conquer the threat of data leakage.

Cisco study: IT security policies unfair Unfair policies prompt most employees to break company IT security rules, and that could lead to lost customer data, a Cisco study found.

Podcast: 5 Ways Employees Can Sabotage Your Network With a poor economy and layoffs looming at a company, the most trusted employees can often turn and become an insider threat. Tim Connelly from Netcordia discusses five different ways that they can attack your network as a way for revenge or even profit (from data theft). (7:36)

Podcast: Protecting against insider threats in a down economy With the economy in the tank and employees anxious about their jobs, corporations have to be extra vigilant against insider threats. Phil Neray of Guardium shares tips on how to monitor for potential inside jobs and how to be prevent losses. (16:44)

Podcast: Who's Stealing Your Data? It's well known that insiders within your company are more likely to steal data than outside hackers, but who are these people? What types of people are the most likely to try and grab confidential data, and how? Keith Shaw talks with Imprivata CTO David Ting (pictured) about why certain employees try to steal data, and five steps that IT can take towards preventing insiders from taking your data (20:08).

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IDC: Oracle's X Factor: HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server and HP Oracle Database Machine
Oracle's recently announced hardware products, HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server and HP Oracle Database Machine, stand to shake-up the IT industry in several areas. If the product claims and initial disclosures about throughput are affirmed through further testing, customers will be induced to use more Oracle Database for data warehousing by the attraction of a predefined and supported configuration. Read this white paper to learn more about IDC's opinion of the HP Oracle Exadata Storage Server and the HP Oracle Database Machine.

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