Security news29 October 2007
Data leakage prevention discussed in Sophos podcast Graham Cluley explores the consequences of accidental data loss via email
Sophos senior technology consultant Graham Cluley discusses accidental email data leakage.
IT security and control firm Sophos, today announced the availability of a new Sophos podcast, discussing what companies should be doing to protect themselves against the growing concern of data leakage.
In the podcast, senior technology consultant Graham Cluley is interviewed by Carole Theriault about how data can be lost (either accidentally or deliberately), the consequences companies face that lose confidential data, and what tools are available to prevent data leakage via email.
"Although companies can't strip search employees in order to prevent confidential documents leaving the business premises each day, they can take steps to help fight electronic data leakage," said Carole Theriault, host of the Sophos podcasts. "Research has shown that approximately 95% of data loss is accidental so companies need to wise up to this inside threat. This podcast offers concise advice about what companies need to be doing to try and prevent their employees emailing a document to someone they shouldn't, whether that be accidental or not."
- Download and listen to the Sophos podcast on data leakage prevention
- Read more about data leakage prevention and email compliance
All Sophos podcasts are available for download. Previous podcasts have covered topics such as the dangers of social networking sites, zero-day threats, corporate security policies, network access control, and rootkits.
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About Sophos
More than 100 million users in 150 countries rely on Sophos as the best protection against complex threats and data loss. Sophos is committed to providing security and data protection solutions that are simple to manage, deploy and use and that deliver the industry's lowest total cost of ownership. Sophos offers award-winning encryption, endpoint security, web, email, and network access control solutions backed by SophosLabs - a global network of threat intelligence centers. With more than two decades of experience, Sophos is regarded as a leader in security and data protection by top analyst firms and has received many industry awards.
Sophos is headquartered in Boston, US and Oxford, UK. More information is available at www.sophos.com.
