Technologies For Data Loss Prevention

I am speaking at the SNIA Europe Academy on 20th May 2008 in London - and “Technologies For Data Loss Prevention” is the title of my session.  So… two things here… firstly, I have been involved with SNIA since it first started and it is good to see an organization ‘grow up’ with its customers needs and the ever changing technology. So while there are some sessions on fibre channel and other more usual storage related items, there are also sessions like mine and on compliance challenges which talk at a different level - not the just physical storage but the information that is there and what it means to the enterprise.

Secondly, I was in with an account team at a customer to talk about futures in both storage and security and data loss came up. The rep did a great job of explaining our latest and greatest technology (which we acquired late last year when we bought Vontu), but missed out on some of the obvious ones… such as encrypting backup tapes if they are going off-site, or keeping anti-virus definitions up to date - some of the things we often think of as obvious but, as with all good management books, it is not until the obvious is pointed out that it becomes ‘obvious’.

Anyway… my session will cover the range of technologies that can (and should) be considered and it is most definitely not a ‘one size fits all’ - to be effective and cost efficient you need a holistic approach - some of which will be ‘obvious’ and others, less so. Hope to see you there.

May 9, 2008 | Filed Under Speaking, Uncategorized, data-loss 

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