Corporate data security breaches ''often accidental''
Date posted: 03 Sep 2009
The security of confidential business information is often accidentally put at risk by employees, according to one security group.
Research sponsored by RSA suggests that accidental security incidents may have a more negative impact than some malicious security breaches.
Nicki Wallace, global solutions marketing manager at the firm, believes confidential information can easily be lost through internal emails which are not encrypted.
The security of confidential business information is often accidentally put at risk by employees, according to one security group.
Research sponsored by RSA suggests that accidental security incidents may have a more negative impact than some malicious security breaches.
Nicki Wallace, global solutions marketing manager at the firm, believes confidential information can easily be lost through internal emails which are not encrypted.
She said: "We''re finding that a lot of customers are losing intellectual property, customer information [and] financial information through the email mechanism."
Ms Wallace added that social networking sites may also cause a problem to some businesses, as staff could share corporate security information on sites such as Facebook without realising it.
Separate research published last week by the global security software producer AVG Technologies, in collaboration with the Chief Marketing Officer Council, found that while many social networking site users are concerned about their data security, some are still not doing enough to protect themselves when online.
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