Cloud Computing and the Law: Gary Steele Discusses Cloud Privacy and Security on NBC's Press Here



There are two kinds of people: Those who get up early enough on Sunday to watch the news and policy wonk shows and, well, those of us who don't. If, like me, you find yourself in the second camp, you might have missed Proofpoint's CEO, Gary Steele, discussing "Cloud Computing and the Law" with reporters from NBC, Forbes and Bloomberg on yesterday's edition of NBC's "press:here" interview show.

In this segment, Gary discusses some of the legal issues around cloud computing, including whether an electronic document stored in the cloud is entitled to the same protection as that same file stored in a physical safe. While this conversation is focused on data privacy and legislative issues, a discussion of some of the security concerns around cloud computing and storage also comes up.

The conversation ranges from basics about "the cloud" to the concerns around data locality, search and seizure of data and the evolving state of privacy legislation. You can watch a video replay below:

 

 

Security, Compliance and the Cloud: A Proofpoint Video Overview with CEO Gary Steele

In our latest Proofpoint CEO Series video, Gary Steele gives a general overview of Proofpoint's business, the cloud-based enterprise security and compliance solutions we provide and offers some insights into some of the major trends driving our market — including the aggressive threat landscape, regulatory compliance concerns and enterprise requirements for legal discovery.

More videos in our ongoing CEO series can be found in the blog here:

http://blog.proofpoint.com/ceo-series/

And you can find many more Proofpoint-related videos in the Proofpoint YouTube Channel. 

The Advantages of Cloud Computing for IT Security and Compliance, Proofpoint CEO Gary Steele

In our newest Proofpoint CEO Series video, Gary Steele shares his thoughts on some of the cost, scalability, reliability and security advantages offered by cloud computing, especially as it relates to enterprise solutions for IT security and compliance.

More videos in our ongoing CEO series can be found in the blog here:

http://blog.proofpoint.com/ceo-series/

New CEO Series Video on Email Security: Today's Evolving Threat Landscape

In our latest Proofpoint CEO series video, Gary Steele discusses how the email security threat landscape has evolved, including how spam has changed from a nuisance to a more serious threat motivated by cybercrime and why legacy anti-spam/email security solutions may not provide the protection that large organizations need today.

 

More videos in our ongoing CEO series can be found in the blog here:

http://blog.proofpoint.com/ceo-series/

eDiscovery and Archiving 2011: New CEO Series Video and Top Ten Predictions

eDiscovery and archiving are top-of-mind at Proofpoint today as we issued our predictions about the top ten trends in eDiscovery for 2011. As part of that announcement, we've published a new CEO series video where Gary Steele discusses "Three Key Trends in Archiving and eDiscovery."

 

Check out the video and then read on after the jump for our top 10 eDiscovery trends for 2011 (see the "Click to Jump" button below...)

CEO Series Video: Why Privacy Matters Today

In this first of a series of videos about security and compliance issues in today's enterprise, Proofpoint CEO Gary Steele talks about why consumer privacy is such a hot-button issue, some of the implications for enterprises and gives several tips for how companies can better protect confidential and private information.

As Gary notes, "Today's consumer expects, when they give their information to you, that you'll properly control and manage that."

 

Viewers concerned about protecting private data may also find the following Proofpoint resources useful:

Gartner 2010 Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention FAQs: This complimentary Gartner report shares best practices for preventing data loss.

Outbound Email and Data Loss Prevention in Today's Enterprise: Proofpoint's 2010 statistics on enterprise data loss events, policies and much more.

Protecting Enterprise Data with Proofpoint Encryption: This whitepaper provides information on how enterprises can better protect confidential data using email encryption and how Proofpoint's SaaS-powered email encryption technology works.