Exploring 2012 Data Privacy Threats: Part 2 of 3

This is part two in a series of three on data privacy. Read Pat’s first interview here.
Are we desensitized to hack attacks despite the headline-making stories featuring Anonymous last year? What can we expect in 2012 on the data privacy threat front? And where are the weakest links in the enterprise? Veteran technology journalist Jennifer LeClaire had questions, and Lumension CEO Pat Clawson offered some insightful answers in part two of this three-part series on data privacy.

LeClaire: Looking back over the past year, what were the most significant changes in the data privacy landscape?
Clawson:
Desensitization. Part of me thinks security issues have been relegated to page 27 in the newspaper. Despite their severity, they’ve become noise. It’s interesting. Throughout the rest of the world, there’s the argument that there’s no reason to let anybody know when data privacy is breached—that disclosure is not critical. Fortunately, we saw some of that change in the UK and legislation emerged. We’ve also seen it happen in Central Europe.
I’m not sure if things just aren’t happening here in the United States—which I find highly unlikely —or if we don’t report it or if it’s just become more noise that no one pays any attention to it. Remember Slammer, Blaster, and Code Red in (continue reading...)