In today’s Internet-driven world of business, customer data — traditionally the lifeblood of any enterprise — takes on a new and frightening importance. On the one hand, businesses have to provide partners, staff and contractors access to data; on the other, they have to ensure that data does not get lost by accident — or stolen. Meanwhile, they have to also cope with the threat of data breaches by organized gangs of cybercriminals who target data in the enterprise. The computer industry has come up with various proposed solutions, all around one main theme: identity management.
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Data Security's $64 Billion Question: Who Are You?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari May 28, 2009 04:00 AMIn today’s Internet-driven world of business, customer data — traditionally the lifeblood of any enterprise — takes on a new and frightening importance. On the one hand, businesses have to provide partners, staff and contractors access to data; on the other, they have to ensure that data does not get lost by accident — or stolen. Meanwhile, they have to also cope with the threat of data breaches by organized gangs of cybercriminals who target data in the enterprise. The computer industry has come up with various proposed solutions, all around one main theme: identity management.