eWeek just posted my byline on How to Protect Data During Financial Mergers and Acquisitions.  Check it out.

BankInfoSecurity did a nice writeup on the Top 10 Security Breaches of 2008.  The lessons learned sections are of particular interest.  Numbers 2 and 4 are my favorites.

Most people drink during the holiday season to toast family and friends, bring in the near year, or calm themselves from the stress of the holiday season.  For me, it’s all that and also to toast completing Gartner’s Magic Quadrant survey on DLP.
Yes, it’s that time of year again when I spend my days/nights/weekends working [...]

I recently had an interesting meeting with someone looking to implement DLP.  During our conversation the director of security began talking about tombstones and ransom notes.  I listened trying to figure out what the heck he was talking about… “Did I misunderstand him?  No.  There, he said it again.  He wants tombstones?  Ransom notes?”
I waited [...]

I’ve begun some trend analysis on data leaks.  Check it out…
Data leaks by universities continue to trend high as 5 new schools (Harvard Law School, Texas A&M, Sinclair Community College, University of Florida, and Weber State University) reported incidents resulting in more than 360,000 total records lost. Universities continue to be the leading source of [...]