Proofpoint: Email Still #1 Source of Corporate Data Leaks
Marisa Taylor writes in the Wall Street Journal that email is still the number one source for leaks of sensitive information, according to a new survey:
In a survey of some 220 companies, Proofpoint found that email is still the No. 1 offender when it comes to data leaks. About 43% of respondents had investigated an email-based security breach during the past year. Nearly one-third of the companies surveyed had fired an employee for violating email confidentiality policies, a 26 percent increase from 2008.
This just furthers the argument for sensitive information to be housed in a wiki where the appropriate people can be given access permissions, and greater effort is required to either intentionally or accidentally leak information.
(Via AllThingsD)
David M. Golden says:
Aug 20th, 2009
I respond as a fraud lawyer and, not as the author of high legal farce refered to in my website.
I agree with Ms Taylor’s assertions on the dangers of lack of confidentiality in terms of emails. It is something that I frequently note from papers served in the serious criminal cases that I deal with. Often, the email or a print out of the same can end up ‘in the wrong hands’ in error. However, the integrity of such documentation is often compromised when it is targeted by serious organised criminals, with or without ‘insiders’ on the pay roll. A frequent problem appears to be management’s failure/refusal to accept ignorance in terms of computers and will make out that it has more knowledge than it actually has. The clever criminal will be quick to seize on this.