Commenting on the alleged theft of 20 million customer records from three credit-card companies, Keith Bird, Check Point’s UK managing director said:“Data leaks by employees or trusted partners, whether accidental or intentional, are still one of the biggest risks facing companies. In 2013, our DLP survey found that 52% of knowledge workers regularly risk accidental breaches with unsafe computing practices, such sending emails to wrong addresses, or using unencrypted USB sticks.
“So if a trusted person chooses to harvest and leak a large amount of data, the damage can be severe, in terms of remediation costs, fines from regulators and loss of reputation. Trust is a precious commodity, and it’s all too easily exploited.”