Adrian at Securosis had a post today on Data Discovery and Classification.  He wrote about a conversation he overheard in which an IT executive expressed his dissatisfaction with his data discovery implementation.
As I mentioned in my comment (see below), I generally attribute this sentiment to a failure to properly set expectations.  Ultimately, this is a [...]

A CISO posted an interesting question today on LinkedIn:
“It appears that there is a gap between classification policies and the implementation of the appropriate security controls to enforce the classification at a tatical level. Most places have classification levels, such as confidential or public, but no real way to track, control, monitor the file assets [...]

In an expert roundtable hosted by Network World four columnists/bloggers discussed DLP (among other technologies), citing it as one of today’s hot technologies.  Read the full transcript on Network World’s website, IT Security: What’s Hot, What’s Not.
The columnists get into DLP on page 4, where they cite the complexity of today’s technology and challenges of data [...]