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Social Media Release: Cisco Research Spotlights Common Corporate Data Leakage Risks, Mistakes

Posted on: Tuesday, 21 October 2008, 09:00 CDT

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:

 --  Research results: www.cisco.com/go/dlp --  White paper: www.cisco.com/go/dlp --  Cisco Platform blog: Do You Know Where Your Data Is? http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/do_you_know_where_your_data_really_is/#more --  Cisco Platform blog: Picture Window http://blogs.cisco.com/news/comments/picture_window1/#more --  DigItAll Consumer: Data Leakage Concerns for Consumers: http://blogs.cisco.com/consumer/comments/data_leakage_concerns_for_consumers --  DigItAll Consumer: How to Avoid Vulnerabilities Online: http://blogs.cisco.com/consumer/comments/how_to_avoid_vulnerabilities_online --  DigItAll Consumer: Threats to Consumers on the Internet: http://blogs.cisco.com/consumer/comments/threats_to_consumers_on_the_internet --  YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/Cisco 

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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 Contact Information:  Press Contact(s) Neil Wu Becker Cisco Systems, Inc. +1 408 525 7415 nebecker@cisco.com  Industry Analyst Relations Todd Hanson Cisco Systems, Inc. +1 408 853 8255 todhanso@cisco.com

SOURCE: Cisco Systems, Inc.

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