More news to report form the Wall Street Journal, and it’s not about Karl Rove.

Earlier this month, we let you know about this article that appeared in the newspaper advising corporate end-users on how to get around IT regulations to use instant messaging, install applications, etc.

As you might’ve guessed, the piece didn’t draw the best response from IT pros, who probably flooded more than one email box at the Journal’s offices.

So here’s the follow-up article, printed on Tuesday, “Helping the IT department help you,” courtesy of this post at Andy, IT guy’s blog.

Kudos to Kenneth Belva at bloginfosec.com for his post on Paula Abdul, she of American Idol and “Opposites Attract” fame, becoming the latest voicemail-leak victim.

Belva reported that he suffered some mockery at the hands of other bloggers for his earlier post on the infamous Alec Baldwin data breach. (I can only imagine then what bloggers thought of my impromptu review of Baldwin’s performance in Glengarry Glen Ross).

Well, make fun if you will, but Belva is on to something. It might be an entertainer 20 years past his or her prime today, but I’d bet it’ll be a CEO or business strategist tomorrow – all depending on the length of time that disgruntled employees can save voicemail.

Opinions on Alec Baldwin aren’t hard to come by. Especially not now, after humiliating voicemail messages he left for his daughter were leaked to entertainment gossip website TMZ.com.

Mine are pretty simple: Glengarry Glen Ross –good; The Hunt for Red October – very good, a much better Jack Ryan than Ben Affleck, not as good as Firewall star Harrison Ford; parenting skills – the jury’s still out, to be kind.

But one Baldwin role that doesn’t immediately come to mind is data breach.

Kenneth F. Belva at bloginfosec.com pointed out today that while voicemails are not generally considered information security “data,” the leak has quantitative and non-quantitative financial consequences, including potential loss in job opportunities, as well as considerable reputational damage.