For those who (still) don’t know pastebin.com, it’s a website mainly for developers. Its purpose is very simple: You can “paste” text on the website to share it with other developers, friends, etc. You paste it, optionally define an expiration date, if it’s public or private data and your are
Tag: DLP
Who’s Playing with my Data?
My privacy, your privacy are key requirements in our (online) life! Nobody enjoys seeing personal data used by unauthorized people. Let me tell you a story that happened to me today. I visited the website of a well-known vendor to grab some information about its products. When you’d like to
Address the Security Threats at Source
Information security is a recurrent process. New threats arise and must be properly handled. In Augustus 2009, I already reported a story and came to the following conclusion: The principle of “action – reaction” as described by Newton is not applicable in information security! Here is another good example with
Bad Example of Data Management
There is an ongoing communication campaign for a big interim company on the Belgian radio stations. The message they are broadcasting is: “Do not rely on your company physical assets but more on people“. And they are right! People are the most important value of a company. Even if you,
Adding Data Leakage Protection into Apache
Data leakage is a major risk for many organizations today. As more and more data are used in a digital format, it’s easy to copy them or send them outside the security perimeter. Leaked data can have a major impact on the business (loss of revenue, loss of confidentiality or