Does the name Bradley Manning mean anything to you? If you’re a
government organization, the name is synonymous with “colossal
data breach” – as Manning spearheaded the biggest leak of
classified information in our nation’s history. To briefly
recap, Manning, a U.S. Army soldier, single handedly accessed
more than 900,000 intelligence documents, including daily war
logs from military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. And he
did it by downloading files onto CDs labeled “Lady Gaga”, which
he shared with the whistleblower site, WikiLeaks. According to
Manning’s published chat logs, the event was “childishly easy”;
“no one expected a thing”; and the “weak servers, weak logging,
weak physical security, weak counter-intelligence, and
inattentive signal analysis created a perfect storm.” With
Manning’s trial just a few months away, we take a look back to
share three important lessons learned from this monumental
event: Lesson #1: DLP is Important: While Manning had access to
a classified network used by the Depart