SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - October 21, 2008) - Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO)
Highlights / Key Facts:
- Cisco releases behavioral research revealing the most common
data leakage risks and mistakes employees make in businesses of all sizes,
in various industries around the world. (www.cisco.com/go/dlp)
- The research features perceptions and behavior of 2,000 employees
and IT professionals in 10 countries: the United States, the United
Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, India, Australia, and
Brazil.
- Key Findings: Many employees admit a number of risky behaviors,
such as:
- Altering security settings to bypass corporate security policies and
access unauthorized sites
- Accessing unauthorized areas of networks and facilities
- Sharing sensitive corporate data with non-employees
- Sharing corporate devices with non-employees
- Losing portable storage devices
- Allowing others to "tailgate" behind them into corporate
facilities
- Leaving devices with passwords to personal financial accounts and
corporate systems unattended and unlocked
- Cisco Chief Security Officer John N. Stewart and other
executives from the company provide insight into their experiences and
approaches to preventing data loss as guidance for businesses and their IT
organizations: http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=79228
Tags / Keywords:
Security, Cisco security, network security, data loss, data leakage, data
loss prevention, data protection, IT security, employee behavior, IT
perceptions
Links / URLs:
Quotes:
John N. Stewart, Chief Security Officer, Cisco
"Businesses are enabling employees to become increasingly collaborative and
mobile. Without modern-day security technologies, policies, awareness and
education, information is more vulnerable. Today, data is in transit, in
use, within programs, stored on devices, and in places beyond the
traditional business environment, such as at home, on the road, in cafes,
on airplanes and trains. This trend is here to stay. To protect your data
effectively, we need to start understanding the risk characteristics of
business and then base technology, policy, and awareness and education
plans on those factors."
Embedded Videos, Images and Podcasts:
Internet TV Broadcast on Study Results:
http://tools.cisco.com/cmn/jsp/index.jsp?id=79228
John N. Stewart: Cisco CSO's Security Strategy
http://www.youtube.com/v/-tYBZV-O7A0&hl=en&fs=1
Christopher Burgess: Data Leakage & the Threat Landscape
http://www.youtube.com/v/sehTddBFNEs&hl=en&fs=1
Nasrin Rezai: Cisco's Approach to Preventing Data Leakage
http://www.youtube.com/v/CwM46MGbof0&hl=en&fs=1
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
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Todd Hanson
Cisco Systems, Inc.
+1 408 853 8255
todhanso@cisco.com