Is The Web Browser Your Nemesis For Data Leakage?

摘要

The incidents of data intentionally or unintentionally leaving corpo rate networks are rising. The CSI Computer Crime & Security Survey of 2008 showed that 44% of the polled companies registered data leakage to be the second biggest problem of their corporate IT security. In a survey conducted among German companies, less than 25% were found to use HTTP traffic monitoring systems for protection from confidential data leakage. An older survey conducted in the US, investigated how data is being leakedthrough communication tools. Survey results showed that HTTP was the leading avenue for data leakage. Furthermore, it was found that customer data represented the vast majority of data leaked to unauthorized parties, followed by confidential informationand Protected k Health Information (PHI).