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Everything organizations need to know about implementing and enforcing clean desk policies to protect sensitive information. Articles cover policy templates, employee compliance strategies, and how clean desk practices reduce the risk of data exposure in office environments.

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Clean Desk Policy Cybersecurity: Your Cheapest Defense

The Sticky Note That Cost a Hospital $1.2 Million A few years ago, I walked into a client's office for a security assessment and found a sticky note on a monitor in the billing department. It had a username, a password, and the name of their patient

Carl B. Johnson Oct 10, 2020 7 min read
Clean Desk Policy

Clean Desk Policy Cybersecurity: Why It Still Matters

The Unlocked Filing Cabinet That Cost a Hospital $3 Million In 2019, the Office for Civil Rights fined Bayfront Health St. Petersburg $85,000 for a breach involving paper records left in an unsecured location. That was a small settlement. I've seen organizations lose far more when a

Carl B. Johnson Sep 01, 2019 7 min read