I don't want to sound like I am questioning your manhood or anything Sean,
but that statement is pretty naive don't you think. If that were the case,
why employ guards at all?
We keep getting back to the old due diligence issue. Of course the
available budget always erodes what you can employ. The thought that the
only thing these products can do is to do string searches for words like
"classified" etc does not do justice to what they are capable of. Also, to
say you will only catch the stupid user is likewise unwise. Perfectly good
employees, who have been properly trained, still will use email to pass
inappropriate data if they have a deadline to meet, or whatever. They will
do it if it saves them effort or time.
There are also legal issues, for example, a company can be held liable if an
employee uses his company computer to pass pornography, or sexually harasses
another employee via email. It doesn't matter if that employee was
following the "Rules" or claims to have not received proper training etc.
Recent court cases have shown the only way to demonstrate due diligence, is
to employ some type of formal review process in place. Not a once in a
while thing either. It must be ongoing and documented. Otherwise, get out
the check book when the law dogs come sniffing at your door. The employment
of one of these tools goes a long way to satisfy the requirement.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Semone [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 12:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Content filtering (censorship??) on SMTP / outgoing
> Email
>
> Indeed as with many technology issues, this one still comes down to the
> trusting end users. If a company can't trust it's employees (or can't
> survive a breach of that trust) then it has more problems than content
> filtering can solve, or perhaps just needs to be educated as to the
> limitations of filtering mail.
>
> I would insist on following the "same procedures" your company uses for
> snail mail, which, as I remember were none.
>
> My two cents.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of N�rman W�dders
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 11:12 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Content filtering (censorship??) on SMTP / outgoing Email
>
>
> On Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:24:45 -0500
> Bill Said <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled:
>
> further to this filtering email text.. lets say I tried something real
> easy... which products/vendors will catch this or variations thereof ?
>
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>
> or lets say I just hit the printscreen button and save as a .bmp for a
> spreadsheet I'm working on... hmmm if somebody wants to pay for R&D I'd
> love to have a shot at fixing these concerns...
>
> /Norman
>
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> |
> | ===== Original Message from "���� ����� - Arik Sudman"
> | <SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at 1/14/99 12:54 am
> | >HI!
> | >
> | >We have got a requirement from our security officer to have content
> | >filtering on our outgoing internet mail.
> | >I believe what they want is something that may block business
> | sensitive data
> | >going out.
> | >So what is needed basically is a software that will filter and trap
> | messages
> | >by filtering data in
> | >email and attachments - based on keyword and phrases.
> | >
> | >While doubting the merits of such a product (how to define data base
> | to
> | >describe biz sensitive data?)
> | >does anyone knows of a product that do so?
> | >interfacing with either FW-1 or Exchange server?
> | >
> | >
> | >Arik Sudman
> | >Senior Project Manager
> | >Bezeq
> | >
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