What does Roman aqueducts have in common with security and compliance?

Here is a link to a very good article on the Roman aqueducts and the impact lacking security had on the demise of the Roman society: What does this have to do with DLP you might ask? Well, I would like to point out that what was initially a convenience for the Roman populous became critical to their society, and the clear parallel can be made to today's convenience of collaboration tools such as SharePoint and others. These types of tools enables the users to become more productive, and as it gains a foothold in the organization, other tools and business processes are built on top, and finally you have an infrastructure that if attacked, can severely disrupt your business.

Proper prior planning when deploying these systems with this in mind is important. As the business processes change in the environment, they should be mapped, and risks and compliance requirements should be re-evaluated as the environment changes.