Many people believe that the greatest threat to an organization comes from thieves or hackers who will try to break into your system from the outside. But as this article by Douglas Schweitzer illustrates, it’s the danger that lurks on the inside that can most easily catch you off guard.

“On Aug. 23, 2004, a former employee of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates Inc., a large high-tech company in Gloucester, Mass., was charged in federal court with computer hacking that allegedly caused significant damage to Varian’s computer systems…”

Learn more about extrusion by reading the ComputerWorld story, and get more information about StandGuard and how it can ensure that your data is safe by visiting the main StandGuard page.

A very informative ComputerWorld story by Danny Lieberman of Open Solutions examines the problem of “extrusion” — the unauthorized transfer of corporate assets by trusted insiders. Extrusion is an issue that Bytware has been addressing since the birth of StandGuard.

The belief that firewalls are all the protection an organization needs to secure data is a dangerous one. A large number of thefts and malicious destruction of data occur from inside the company. Firewalls do nothing to protect against this threat.

Learn more about extrusion by reading the ComputerWorld story, and get more information about StandGuard and how it can ensure that your data is safe by visiting the main StandGuard page.