Background Information With the continued growth of data and its frequency and complexity, the risk of exposures of confidential customer, corporate and personal information is at an all-time high. Consequently, there is a greater requirement to ensure the security and integrity of a company's most important asset: Information. Today's threats include spam, phishing, identity theft, worms, hacking and countless other manipulative tactics directed at information traveling over all network mediums and stored on all types of storage media and portable devices. Storage administrators are no longer solely concerned with protecting their data from viruses, hardware failure or corruption, but they must also be involved in the creation, dissemination and implementation of information security policies and practices; and integrate technology that provides safeguards, protection, monitoring, auditing and encryption of data ’Äì both in-transit and at-rest. When information security breaches occur and privacy or confidentiality is compromised, the organizational bottom line is affected both directly and indirectly. Not only are information systems interrupted and integrity jeopardized, but compliance issues arise, reputations are tarnished and revenue can be affected when trust is lost. In order to meet compliance requirements and minimize exposure, it is essential that IT management professionals are able to identify weak links in the informational access chain and are aware of current and pending laws that determine notification and consequences.                 COPYRIGHT ©2005 ZENITHEVENTS. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.