DECLARE YOUR DIGITAL RIGHTS

摘要

If you need the "why" of tighter data-confidentiality protection, pick up a newspaper. When IT pros heard a laptop with personal information on millions of military personnel had been stolen, most probably just shook their heads. We know all too well how data loss happens. One innovative way to prevent it is with ERM (enterprise rights management). Problem is, rights management has a PR problem, most recently embodied in headlines trumpeting the Sony-BMC DRM rootkit debacle. Although the business case for rights management is there, expect resistance from users.