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Controversial Cyber Security 'De-Perimeterization' Plan Gets Legal Review

Ellen Messmer writes on NetworkWorld:

The notion of removing the security perimeter around corporate information – a concept known as deperimeterization – expounded by the Jericho Forum has been a hot technology debate, but now what could be controversial legal aspects of it are being brought up as well.

The American Bar Association’s Committee on Cyberspace Law yesterday published a white paper on legal aspects of deperimeterization security with the Jericho Forum’s secretariat, the Open Group. In it, the legal experts who wrote the paper, titled “Information Security Strategy: A Framework for Information-Centric Security Governance,” say protecting critical data may entail businesses demanding greater ability to monitor each other’s content security practices.

posted by Fergie @ 10/23/2007 01:36:00 PM