IDG Contributor Network: The Sony Breach Stymification

At first glimpse, the recent Sony Pictures breach appears to be fairly standard. Embarrassing emails, financial data and electronic records were stolen, leaving in their track a downed network with a company frenziedly trying to review, recover and respond. Suddenly, however, those breached email communications between executives were leaked to the media, referencing well-known actors, thus feeding into our gossip-obsessed nation. Breach just got real.
As a CIO I'm almost paralyzed by the st