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Re: Email Policy Enforcement


From: lists () rogueshoten com
Date: 5 Apr 2007 17:44:36 -0000

This can be a little tricky.  In a sense, it's like spam detection, turned around, only a lot harder.  When you think 
about it, most spam falls into one of a relatively small number of activities, like 419 scams or phishing attacks, 
while every organization's sensitive data differs.  So blocking is usually a bad idea.  The best bet is to leverage a 
technology like Vericept or Reconnex that seeks to detect information leakage.  

Also, think about other avenues of leakage as well, like instant messaging.  My advice would be to make sure you have a 
full game plan for data leakage across the board (rather than just through any single vector like email) before you 
proceed with something like this.


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