Tech Spotlight: Enterprise File Sharing

Much of the information used in the course of doing business today exists in a digital format, and there comes a point when it's necessary to share this data with other employees or key business partners. From the administrative assistant emailing meeting notes to the boss, to the graphic designer sending the latest mockup to the product marketer, file sharing happens in a variety of ways: email and network drives; USB sticks; CDs/DVDs; consumer file-sharing tools such as Dropbox, Google Drive, and SugarSync; and more. While each method has its own risks, a common shared risk is accidental data leakage. This document provides a dual snapshot of how enterprise information workers are sharing files today and how security and risk (S&R) pros are responding to employee use of consumer-oriented file-sharing tools and what they must do in the future to balance security risks with business enablement.