The Devil Inside

Last month brought a data leak survey from Compuware, sampling 1,112 IT professionals.  The report is covered by ars technica and has some interesting data points.  I agree with the ars technica article that the "79% of organizations experienced a data leak" is not really a fair headline, though admittedly it's a tempting one for organizations like Mirage.  The two really interesting data elements out of the report are that (a) 56% of IT organizations surveyed are nervous (at best) about their ability to detect a data leak; and (b) 75% of respondents identified "Negligent Insiders" as the most likely vector for a data leak.

The bottom line seems to be that the need for governing what employees can access, as well as what employees do with the information once they have it, is not going away.  Call it Network Access Control; call it Controlling Network Access; call it a lunar landing if you want.  It's not going away anytime soon.