We have met the enemy and he is us. Pogo’s philosophical observation perfectly describes the way IT and security professionals view their end users’ attitude toward data security. An overwhelming 80 percent of corporate security professionals and IT administrators indicated in a recent survey that “end user carelessness” constituted the biggest security threat to their organizations, surpassing the ever-present peril posed by malware or organized hacker attacks.
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Careless, Reckless Staff Are Corporate Security's Biggest Threat
Posted by: Laura DiDio February 7, 2014 05:00 AMWe have met the enemy and he is us. Pogo’s philosophical observation perfectly describes the way IT and security professionals view their end users’ attitude toward data security. An overwhelming 80 percent of corporate security professionals and IT administrators indicated in a recent survey that “end user carelessness” constituted the biggest security threat to their organizations, surpassing the ever-present peril posed by malware or organized hacker attacks.