Endpoint Data Protection - Challenges and Risks

Industry statistics consistently show that the most significant security threat to the organization comes from within. With over 60% of corporate data residing on endpoints, gateway solutions and written security policies alone can not mitigate the risk. Growing numbers of removable storage devices, physical and wireless interfaces and users with access to sensitive information have made data leakage via endpoints, both accidental and malicious, a real threat. It’s simply too easy for someone to connect a MP3 player, digital camera, or memory stick to an enterprise endpoint and walk away with sensitive data. It’s just as easy to use WiFi or a 3G modem to bridge classified internal networks to open external networks.