Comments on: The Security Risks of Consumerization Hit Home for US Congress http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2009/11/02/the-security-risks-of-consumerization-hit-home-for-us-congress/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Wednesday Whimsy: Invest in Prevention, or Legislate Away Threats?y http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2009/11/02/the-security-risks-of-consumerization-hit-home-for-us-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Wednesday Whimsy: Invest in Prevention, or Legislate Away Threats?y Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:53:23 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/?p=927#comment-1691 [...] – I knew this was coming, as I blogged back on November 2nd when the government information leaked out via employees with file sharing [...] [...] – I knew this was coming, as I blogged back on November 2nd when the government information leaked out via employees with file sharing [...]

]]> By: John Pescatore http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2009/11/02/the-security-risks-of-consumerization-hit-home-for-us-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-1620 John Pescatore Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:26:37 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/?p=927#comment-1620 Re: "in-browser document storage like google apps" Well, Google apps Premier Edition (which you pay for) gives you some level of control to at least prohibit inadvertant user sharing outside of domains. Without that, yes - cloud-based storage does eliminate PC-based apps from stealing data but there is plenty of browser-based malware to do the same thing to cloud-stored documents. It really comes down to you get what you pay for. Re: “in-browser document storage like google apps” Well, Google apps Premier Edition (which you pay for) gives you some level of control to at least prohibit inadvertant user sharing outside of domains. Without that, yes – cloud-based storage does eliminate PC-based apps from stealing data but there is plenty of browser-based malware to do the same thing to cloud-stored documents.

It really comes down to you get what you pay for.

]]> By: Elizabeth Woods http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/2009/11/02/the-security-risks-of-consumerization-hit-home-for-us-congress/comment-page-1/#comment-1612 Elizabeth Woods Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:03:31 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/john_pescatore/?p=927#comment-1612 sounds like a big opportunity for in-browser document storage like google apps but locked down harder sounds like a big opportunity for in-browser document storage like google apps but locked down harder

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