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[Maintaining Data Security When Your Workforce is Remote
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As companies embrace remote work, a data protection strategy based solely on a controlled office-based network environment no longer makes sense.  
[Data Loss Prevention](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/data-loss-prevention/?ts=markdown)  
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[Remote Workforce](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/remote-workforce/?ts=markdown)  
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## [Lessons Learned from Baidu Collection of Japanese Information](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2014/02/lessons-learned-baidu-collection-japanese-information/)

In my previous blog entry on the Baidu practice of collecting information on Japanese users, I discussed the security risks associated with using Baid...  
Feb 13, 2014  
By [Palo Alto Networks](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/palo-alto-networks-staff/?ts=markdown "Posts by Palo Alto Networks")  
[](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2011/05/microsoft-hotmail-exploit-stealing-email-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-the-exposure/)  
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## [Microsoft Hotmail Exploit Stealing Email -- What's the Exposure?](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2011/05/microsoft-hotmail-exploit-stealing-email-%e2%80%93-what%e2%80%99s-the-exposure/)

When asked what personal email you use, most will immediately reply with Gmail, Facebook Mail, or Yahoo Mail while a select few of us will admit to using Microsoft Hotmail. Why? Sp...  
May 25, 2011  
By [Matt Keil](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/matt/?ts=markdown "Posts by Matt Keil")  
[](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2010/04/the-battle-against-cyber-espionage-2-0/)  
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## [The Battle Against Cyber Espionage 2.0](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2010/04/the-battle-against-cyber-espionage-2-0/)

Whereas early social engineering efforts convinced someone to provide a password or other information via a convincing phone call or conversation, today's social engineering efforts are fare more nefarious, as evidenced in great detail within the recently published repo...  
Apr 09, 2010  
By [Matt Keil](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/matt/?ts=markdown "Posts by Matt Keil")  
[](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2009/09/beyond-ports-and-protocols/)  
[Uncategorized](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/uncategorized/?ts=markdown)

## [Beyond Ports and Protocols](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2009/09/beyond-ports-and-protocols/)

Often we talk about how destination port is not an accurate classification for controlling network traffic. At this point, hopefully that is obvious. Everyone knows that just about anything can get out of an enterprise network via port 80 or 443. Lately I have had sever...  
Sep 19, 2009  
By [Mike Jacobsen](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/mjacobsen/?ts=markdown "Posts by Mike Jacobsen")  
[](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2008/12/dlpinginthedark/)  
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## ["DLP-ing" In The Dark](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2008/12/dlpinginthedark/)

Looking for data leaks in email, IM and web traffic is easy, but that does not even begin to solve the problem. These are just few applications among the hundreds of application that are capable of file transfer -- peer-to-peer applications, skype, online backup services...  
Dec 11, 2008  
By [Palo Alto Networks](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/palo-alto-networks-staff/?ts=markdown "Posts by Palo Alto Networks")  
[](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2008/02/whats-leaking-through-your-webmail-account/)  
[Firewall](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/category/firewall/?ts=markdown)

## [What's Leaking Through Your Webmail Account?](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2008/02/whats-leaking-through-your-webmail-account/)

ANALYSIS -- This article is a perfect example of why enterprise organizations should take a close look at their policies on use of webmail accounts. More and more employees rely on their personal email ac...  
Feb 06, 2008  
By [Matt Keil](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/author/matt/?ts=markdown "Posts by Matt Keil")  
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