GLASSHOUSE PERSPECTIVE:  When storage management was asked if they were most concerned 

about losing private customer information or losing their company s intellectual property, they indicated

that they were split equally between the two. This is reasonable because both are highly undesirable and

potentially damaging occurrences. Nonetheless, the visible penalty for losing customer information can

be so damaging to an organizations reputation, to say nothing of legal exposures, that in some industries

it should take precedence if a choice has to be made. Legislation relating to customer privacy includes

industry-specific laws such as HIPAA and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, as well as state

legislation such as California s Security Breach Information Act (SB 1386) and New York s recent

Information Security Breach and Notification Act.

 

WHAT S MOTIVATING YOU TO RESEARCH STORAGE SECURITY SOLUTIONS?  

COMPLIANCE?  RECENT HEADLINES?  A RECENT DATA LOSS?  

SOMETHING ELSE?

 

57%

12%

3%

28%

Compliance

Headlines

Data loss

Something else

storage management 

Percent of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GLASSHOUSE PERSPECTIVE:  It is not surprising that  Compliance  and  Recent Headlines  

account for nearly 70% of storage management interest in the security of their data. Legislation, such as

Sarbanes-Oxley and the numerous front-page headlines involving security breaches at major corporations

has raised security awareness to an all-time high. Regarding the factors contributing to the Something

Else category, some possible elements might include auditor recommendation, adherence to corporate

security policy, competitive pressures, or business interruption.

 

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