Data loss can happen anytime, anywhere; whether from an employee sending data out with an e-mail message, or simply by plugging in a USB flash drive and copying the data. A typical scenario is a resigning employee copying company assets for personal or malicious use. Data leaks can come from:

• Blogs
• Desktops, for example CD drives, USB flash drives;
• E-mail attachments;
• FTP;
• Instant messaging;
• Smart phones, and
• Webmail.

Laws that make your business liable for data protection, governance and privacy have made it even more essential that you plug the leaks.

• Step 1 – Define your data types;
• Step 2 – List all possible actions on that data;
• Step 3 – Compile a policy, and
• Step 4 – Speak with GWC today and we can work out a solution, with you, to protect your valuable company assets, confidential data and customer information from accidental and/or deliberate disclosure.