Jon Oltsik Quotations

Mission-critical data that goes missing could result in legal liabilities and regulatory compliance violations -- an intolerable situation. One would expect that security-conscious organizations would include tape encryption as a standard security defense. Unfortunately, this hypothesis simply isn't true. In a survey of 388 storage professionals, ESG found that only 7 percent of users reported that they always encrypt their backup data while 60 percent said that they never do. There will likely be many more instances of lost tapes, which may lead to embarrassing public disclosures and expensive notification efforts.

Oracle is doing a good job of addressing security in its products, but they haven't figured out how security fits into their internal processes and overall architecture,

Stealing tapes is not the most elegant, but one of the most effective attack factors. Many companies think about hacking in terms of getting root access to servers, but if they have weak physical security, someone can just walk out the door with a box of tapes.

This research process resulted in some eye-opening and somewhat troubling conclusions. Large organizations identified security holes across a number of areas. Security processes are fair at best, and most users have not been trained on security policies and risks. I view the data from this report as a cry for help - clearly something must be done soon.

Within the past year the mounting public pressure for companies to secure personal data and the corresponding increase in data protection regulation have forced organizations to re-evaluate the way data is handled. Our research shows that many more are deploying encryption as a protection mechanism.

This is a relatively new technology space and people tend to deal with security in a tactical fashion. People are transitioning to take a bigger look at security. There's pretty convincing evidence that shows that a tactical approach to security doesn't work. There are more threats. There are more attack vectors. The attacks are getting nastier.

This could certainly evolve to be an important component around network access control.

This is the year that Linux gains critical mass. It'll be very important in big Internet commerce sites.

It's a wide open market, ... Cisco will be in the game, but what's gone for them is the opportunity to have a dominant propriety solution.

The need to protect confidential data cuts across companies large and small, within every industry. The results of our research data shed new light on the need for all organizations to protect against the insider threat, and the importance of including contractors and third-party affiliates as insiders in today's global marketplace.

The interesting thing is that in spite of the size of Microsoft -- they're a huge, well run software company -- you can't compete with the mass of people on the Web.

If Linux works, it affects the whole software industry and that affects Microsoft the most, since they're the biggest fish in the sea.

By the end of this year, you'll have a visible household name with an all-Linux architecture.

Cartridges can sometimes be left in unmarked boxes on a loading dock next to somebody's eBay package. Often the most important data goes through the least sophisticated processes.