Saturday, February 14, 2009

Preventing 3rd Parties from Stealing your Most Sensitive Information

One of the topics under discussion at this week’s Security Management Stage 3 Course, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has been how to protect sensitive company information against exfiltration (or theft by 3rd parties, including contractors.

The US Government has long recognised that groups such as cn-site contract workers pose a significant threat to information such as that relating to processes and R&D.

The UK’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure has useful guidance at the following link on how to manage this problem, including how to tread a “safe” course through the legal minefield. This can be found at:

http://www.cpni.gov.uk/WhatsNew/3692.aspx

Designed to help you formulate security management policy at regional or corporate level,the next Security Management Stage 3 Course will be held in the UK during the period 11-22 May 2009; details can be found at:

http://www.arc-tc.com/pages/university_acredited_sm.asp#sm3