The Evolution Of Data-Centric Protection
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What is the role of endpoint protection in an enterprise data security strategy? Security architects have been on a steady path away from protecting systems and devices and toward protecting data. If there ever was a problem that could be solved purely by the appropriate deployment of technology, data loss prevention isn't it. People, policies, and products must all work together, or the exodus of information will surely continue. Alerting end users to corporate policies and educating them about the importance of keeping information safe is perhaps the most crucial step in preventing data loss. User education must be accompanied by sensible, well-thought-out policies, and those policies must be applied in a way that suits the business.
This InformationWeek Analytics/Dark Reading Report analyzes the role of endpoint protection in enterprise data security strategies.
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Table of Contents
- Author's Bio
- Executive Summary
- Research Synopsis
- Damned If We Do ...
- Operating Principles
- Impact Assessment: Data Loss Prevention
- The Brittle Edge
- We Are Not Defenseless
- Layer On The Tech
- How It Works
- They Are Trainable
- Threat Vectors And How To Secure Them
- Where's The Money Coming From?
- Appendix
About the Author
Joe Hernick has covered virtualization, storage, operating systems, voice, and other topics for InformationWeek, Network Computing, and other publications for seven years. Joe sits on the editorial advisory board for Dark Reading and is a member of the CAIS Commission on Technology. He has been involved in startups, training, consulting, and most recently was a technology services manager at a Fortune 100 insurance company, where his work involved OS rollouts for 63,000 desktops, Y2K readiness, call-center load balancing, automated pharmacies, new-site construction, old-site consolidation, and HIPAA compliance.
Joe currently manages InformationWeek's Virtualization Test Lab, running VMware, Citrix Xen, Virtual Iron, Microsoft, and Parallels hosts. He holds a BA in Economics, a Master's in Information Management and is a PMI-certified Project Management Professional.
About the Sponsor
Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help our customers—from consumers and small businesses to the largest global organizations—secure and manage their information-driven world against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently. As the world's fourth largest independent software company, our unique focus is to eliminate risks to information, technology and processes independent of device, platform, interaction or location. Our software and services protect completely, in ways that can be managed easily and with controls that can be enforced automatically—enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.
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