Sunday, August 24, 2008

Data Security Management: "Business Partners Greatest Security Threat"

Source: Information-age.com

External threats from partner organisations pose the greatest risk to corporate data security, according to a report detailing 500 forensic data investigations by Verizon Business. The Verizon report analysed hundreds of corporate data breaches, including three of the five largest ever reported, and found that while insider threats were the most devastating in terms of impact, the higher number of data breaches attributable to partners made them a greater risk factor.