by Wayne Rash, eWeek
The now well publicized Dropbox security breach was the result of two things that Dropbox could have foreseen, and could have prevented. The first was failing to anticipate user misconduct, and the second was failing to take steps that would allow the site to remain secure even if the users weren’t. This was exacerbated by Dropbox employee practices that should never have been allowed and by lax management oversight. In other words, Dropbox created the perfect storm when it comes to security. For me, the whole thing took on a form of déjà vu. A few days prior to the disclosure of the Dropbox breach, I’d been chairing a panel at the NetEvents Americas Press and Analyst Summit in Miami. The topic of that panel was specifically about the security challenges to mobile users of cloud applications and services. A significant part of the discussion was about just the sort of weakness that Dropbox revealed.
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