With the introduction of Google Buzz this week there has been a lot of talk about how this is going to change communications. Of course, these are the same conversations people were having about Google Wave and how Wave was going to change collaboration for corporations and become the de facto enterprise software that was going to take on WebEx, Sharepoint and other collaboration software out there.

Now, it's Buzz that's for the enterprise, as announced by Google. The company is going to developing tools for the enterprise with Buzz and hopes that it will help move more people to Google Apps and the cloud, in it's continued battle with Microsoft. 

All of this, though, comes with security questions. Both Wave and Buzz allow people to share information - links, documents and more - easily with one button links and uploads. Already, there are concerns about Buzz regarding security (although more identity security than data security) with the leakage of contacts that is just put out there on people's profiles (who you chat and email with is really only your own concern). But the real issue is the ease of sharing data and documents with anyone in your network - personal or professional - and how easy it is to share the wrong information.

Last quarter, we announced how PacketSure works with Twitter and Facebook, ensuring that data is protected and preventing data loss. In the same press release, we noted that the engineers were looking at Wave and how that affects DLP; now, we will of course be looking for the enterprise version of Buzz and seeing how that works, as well as taking a look at the consumer version of Buzz.

With all these social media tools - ones that we also love and use - we are not talking about becoming Luddites (or neo-Luddites), but we do believe that any good DLP policy includes employee education. While we stop information from being accidentally leaked, the educated employee understands what should and should not be shared (due to federal regulations and compliance, and more). With the ease of Buzz and Wave, that brings it more to the forefront. And we continue to work on PacketSure to make sure that our customers are protected no matter what new services are out there.