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I always feel a sense of renewal with the turn of the calendar. Many people use this time to set new goals for the new year and take the opportunity to get re-grounded and move toward accomplishing their goals. Yet, as I reflect on the security landscape in 2011, aptly named “The Year of the Breach”; I thought it …

Working in IT for as long as I have, the general public often asserts that I have magical powers as I excitedly speak technological jargon while their eyes glaze over. I’m sure everyone in this industry has had similar experiences. However, it’s our job to translate our “techno geek mumbo jumbo” into broad terms for everyone to understand. …

In March, when RSA announced that they experienced a network attack which may have compromised their multi factor authentication systems, it was the attack heard around the world. A few weeks later consumers received notices that email marketing firm Epsilon had also suffered a major breach to the customer information from companies like Chase Bank, Walgreens and …

In this post, I promise to cut to the chase after briefly summarizing my argument: the term “Data Loss Prevention” or “DLP” oversimplifies a technology that has the ability to dramatically alter the way we conceptualize and execute data protection strategies, particularly those designed to safeguard our most critical and sensitive information against loss driven by the mostly well-intentioned, but nevertheless misguided, hands of insiders (those trusted to not upload our corporate secrets to You Tube, Gmail or countless other public venues).

These are very exciting times for Integrated Data Storage, and by extension for our current and future customers too. We are growing, as our listing on the 2009 Crain’s Chicago Fast 50 demonstrates. Even in the economic valley we’ve been in over these trying months, our revenues have continued to grow. We believe this is due to our unique value proposition in the marketplace.