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The hot topic of the past few years certainly has been Social Networking and the Web 2.0! So, you started a blog on your own domain, have spent a lot of time writing relevant quality content, performing SEO, integrating into social networks to distribute your news. Now, your site is starting to get decent exposureRead more

In an earlier post, I discussed why your business needs Policy Management and the different causes of Data Leakage. In today’s post, I will take a closer look at one of the causes of data leakage protection  and how it can be prevented: let’s look at the case of the Disgruntled Employee. Scenario: Fred, a developer,Read more

The other day, I was discussing virtualization in email security (for example, anti spam virtual appliance). One of the drawbacks of ESX (and ESXi) is the lack of support for external data storage (non Data Store). Of course, you can add a multitude of data stores, local and remote, and it is THE way toRead more

For starters, what exactly is Policy Management? Every day there are increasing amounts of information being transferred by email, resulting in data theft and leakage  becoming an increasing threat for every corporation. In their report, ‘The Value of Corporate Secrets,’ Forrest Research shows that corporate secrets comprise two-thirds of the value of firms’ information portfolio.Read more

I certainly hope not.  Ever heard about that guy, Adam Guerbuez? Using some scripts, he sent over 4 million spams through Facebook’s Wall in 2008.  After being sued(1) by Facebook under the CAN-SPAM act, he was found guilty (Guerbez didn’t even bother showing up for the trial) and was charged a 873M$ fine.  That turnsRead more