Security Manager's Journal: DLP tool is suddenly blind to email
Data leak prevention can't be effective if it can't see any Exchange mail on the network. What happened?
Mathias Thurman | 10 Sep | Read more
Data leak prevention can't be effective if it can't see any Exchange mail on the network. What happened?
Mathias Thurman | 10 Sep | Read more
With Outlook Anywhere, users can download their mail to untrusted PCs and leave sensitive documents behind.
Mathias Thurman | 27 Aug | Read more
Our manager has a long wish list going into this year's budget season.
Mathias Thurman | 13 Aug | Read more
A competitor suddenly seems to know a lot about the customers of our manager's company. Did a former employee take sensitive data when he left?
Mathias Thurman | 16 Jul | Read more
<strong>Trouble Ticket</strong>
Mathias Thurman | 14 Feb | Read more
I got most of what I asked for, and I got it early. Sounds good, right? Not so much.
Mathias Thurman | 06 Dec | Read more
If you don't think it's a big challenge to protect sensitive company information and intellectual property, listen to this story.
Mathias Thurman | 22 Nov | Read more
When you're in charge of a company's security, you have to actively seek out its weaknesses and then determine how to shore them up. That's what I've been up to lately, as an an offshoot of my <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/358142/Keeping_the_DMZ_Safe">efforts to harden the DMZ</a>.
Mathias Thurman | 13 Sep | Read more
I'm a big fan of search. The ability to use the Internet to cull information on virtually any topic with just a few clicks has made me more efficient and better informed. And "information" can come in the form of pictures, documents, videos, news feeds -- whatever you need.
Mathias Thurman | 19 Jul | Read more
This week, one of our C-level executives suffered a personal security incident that spilled over to the workplace. Here's what happened.
Mathias Thurman | 10 May | Read more
We have a major problem, which explains why I'm sitting in an airport right now. I'm heading off to visit some third parties that develop portions of our software for us.
Mathias Thurman | 19 Apr | Read more
This week, my company began deploying new firewalls. The old ones have been in place for more than six years; the new ones will allow us to take advantage of the next generation of features.
Mathias Thurman | 08 Mar | Read more
Three months into my new job, I've had a chance to assess the landscape and establish some priorities. No. 1 will be the way we handle data.
Mathias Thurman | 08 Feb | Read more
I'm still getting acquainted with my new company. As a security manager, that means I'm seeking out all the risks that are lurking in various functional areas.
Mathias Thurman | 25 Jan | Read more
After just a couple of weeks at my new post, I'm already finding plenty of things to do.
Mathias Thurman | 07 Dec | Read more