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IT security: the human threat
Publication: Charter
Date: Thursday, December 1 2005
Subject: Access control, Crime prevention, Data integrity
Location: Australia
The mention of IT security immediately brings to mind images of hard-core hackers inflicting mayhem on corporate villains. In reality, the biggest threat to an organisation, be it large or small, lies much closer to home
IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 1IMAGE PHOTOGRAPH 2If information is power, it's no wonder that global information technology (IT) systems have become targets for every thief, fraudster, saboteur and industrial spy who thinks he's in with half a chance. From personal laptops to bank mainframes; from small business servers to the 'intelligent' computer grids of the Health Insurance Commission; and from PDAs to road warriors' laptops, the concentrated storage of so much digital information in one place has proved impossible to resist for the hackers, phishers and IT thieves who lurk online.
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In addition, make sure to read these articles:
- Protecting Your Network from Hackers, Viruses and Malicious Software
- Top 10 Network Security Mistakes
- Securing the Wireless Network of Your Small Business
- How Do I Reduce Online Credit Card Fraud?
- Five Rules for Developing a Safe and Sane Password Protocol for Your...
- Cryptography Strategy: Maximize Encryption Storage
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