Greater push for data leak protection post-WikiLeaks

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Greater push for data leak protection post-WikiLeaks

Edward Amoroso, the senior vice president and chief security officer at AT&T, describes the need for greater data leak protection.

Federal News Network Staff

December 20, 2010 3:15 pm

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The failure of data leak protection was a big issue for agencies before WikiLeaks, but now there is even more reason to push for greater data leak protection.

Edward Amoroso, the senior vice president and chief security officer at AT&T, said the cybersecurity industry has been pushing for more data leak protection in the past couple of years.

Amoroso is the author of “Cyber Attacks: Protecting National Infrastructure.”

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