Five data leak nightmares

Product Test Alert NetworkWorld.com | LANs & WANs Research Center | Update Your Profile SPONSORED BY PLATESPIN Create a More Efficient Data Center Discover how workload lifecycle management lowers costs and creates operational efficiencies in this detailed whitepaper. A workload encapsulates the data, applications and operating systems that reside on a physical or virtual host. Learn how using technologies that unify the management of workloads can improve your data center. Download this whitepaper now. SPOTLIGHT STORY Five data leak nightmares By Jeff Vance When Home Depot lost a laptop containing personal information on 10,000 employees, it was just the latest in a string of high-profile data-leak incidents. The Veterans Administration, TJX, Monster.com, Fidelity National Information Services, Pfizer, AOL, Ameritrade - the list goes on and on. Read full story RELATED NEWS: Data loss start-ups sell out The rapid consolidation in the anti-data leakage market in the past year is enough to make an IT manager’s head spin: This segment of the security sector ballooned to include dozens of start-ups, then even more quickly dwindled down to a few independent companies as larger vendors cherry-picked smaller ones to add data leakage to their own product portfolios. Q&A: Data leak prevention pros and cons Anti-data leakage vendors make bold claims about how far their products can go to protect enterprises from unauthorized information sharing. This irks Nick Selby, head of enterprise security research at The 451 Group, who believes these tools are helpful with some tasks, but far from “the solution.” Five data leak prevention companies to watch Not all the data-leak start-ups have been snapped up by the big guys. Here are five data-leak-prevention companies to keep an eye on. WORTHWHILE WEB SITES For both work and pleasure, here are 20 useful sites for IT professionals. ASK THE MAGIC '08 BAll Take a look at the eight hottest technologies for 2008. SPONSORED BY PLATESPIN Create a More Efficient Data Center Discover how workload lifecycle management lowers costs and creates operational efficiencies in this detailed whitepaper. A workload encapsulates the data, applications and operating systems that reside on a physical or virtual host. Learn how using technologies that unify the management of workloads can improve your data center. Download this whitepaper now. Featured Webcast for Newsletter Subscribers Improve App Performance with Web Acceleration. Find out how to improve the delivery of Web applications to geographically dispersed users with Web acceleration tools. Learn how to shop for these products and find out what the best and worst applications are. http://www.accelacomm.com/jlp/PSA2_80162151/7/80162151/ Featured reader resource 90% of IT Managers are leaving their company at risk for a DNS ATTACK. Get the tools and resources you need to keep your DNS healthy and secure. Run a DNSreport on your domain today - 56 critical tests run in 8 seconds. Visit www.dnssfuff.com to learn more. (apply coupon NWW2007NLA for a 25% membership discount)   01/15/08 TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES: Young IT workers disillusioned Eight hot technologies for 2008 IBM retains lead among patent winners MySpace hacked, serves fake Windows update The future of IT jobs? Not all bad news Prize offered to speed airport security lines The 15 best downloads of the year Torvalds breaks down Linux Microsoft's response to Xbox's wireless signal Apple iPhone doomed to failure MOST-READ TEST: Cisco's virtual switch smashes throughput records Improve App Performance with Web Acceleration Find out how to improve the delivery of Web applications to geographically dispersed users with Web acceleration tools. Learn, in this webcast, how to shop for these products and the best and worst applications to accelerate. View this Webcast now. IT Buyer's Guides Compare products, get advice, and check out tests and reviews from the experts at Network World. Over 70 categories. Visit now.   To continue receiving NetworkWorld's Product Test Alert newsletter, please add @nwfnews.com to your white list. COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE As a NW newsletter subscriber you are eligible to receive 50 issues of Network World Magazine, in print or electronic format, free of charge. Sign up for your subscription today: Apply here. International subscribers,click here.   SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. Terms of Service/Privacy Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2008