Comments on: Simple but dreadful, part 2 – Network shares http://www.securitybalance.com/2008/09/simple-but-dreadful-part-2-network-shares/ trying to bring balance to the Force Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:43:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kevin Rowney http://www.securitybalance.com/2008/09/simple-but-dreadful-part-2-network-shares/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Kevin Rowney Thu, 11 Sep 2008 01:04:12 +0000 http://www.securitybalance.com/?p=245#comment-100 It's so much worse than that. If you actually hunt for the content methodically and search shares based upon the sensitivity of the underlying data, the extent of the problem becomes way more clear (and severe). Your average large enterprise is littered with secondary and tertiary rogue storage locations that are filled with the confidential data that's securely locked up in the intended primary systems. Far as we can tell, this a major causative factor behind a lot of hacker breaches. Minor perimeter incursions can easily flip into major breaches when so much confidential data is laying around for the taking out on open shares. Kevin Rowney Founder, DLP Division of Symantec It’s so much worse than that. If you actually hunt for the content methodically and search shares based upon the sensitivity of the underlying data, the extent of the problem becomes way more clear (and severe).

Your average large enterprise is littered with secondary and tertiary rogue storage locations that are filled with the confidential data that’s securely locked up in the intended primary systems.

Far as we can tell, this a major causative factor behind a lot of hacker breaches. Minor perimeter incursions can easily flip into major breaches when so much confidential data is laying around for the taking out on open shares.

Kevin Rowney
Founder, DLP Division of Symantec

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