Protecting Assets the IT Way

Sunil Sharma - June 26, 2006

In May 2006, the sensitive data of 26.5 million veterans was compromised when the home of a data analyst working for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs was burglarized and a laptop was stolen. The data analyst had taken home the departmental laptop, which contained personal information of veterans and their spouses. In June 2006, personal data of the employees and retirees of the District of Columbia was lost when the computer containing it was stolen from the home of an employee of ING U.S. Financial Services.

Incidences like these are happening more frequently and making ever-bigger headlines. As people switch to portable laptops and other portable data storage devices, the likelihood of lost or stolen data increases greatly. Also, telecommuting and working from home is on the rise, which is making enterprise wide security more challenging. No longer can IT security be limited to passwords and physical security at company premises with guards, locks and gates. Now companies must be prepared to protect their extended enterprise, which means tracking, tracing and securing goods, assets and IT systems.

Enterprises have traditionally deployed security control mechanisms that rely on intrusion detection systems and intrusion prevention systems to safeguard their information and physical assets. However, there are plenty of serious vulnerabilities--like laptop thefts…

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