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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 23:08:29 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=172300043
By Matthew Friedman
Networking Pipeline
Oct. 10, 2005

Network security is all about nightmares. As organizations have become
increasingly dependent on their networks and the Internet to provide
that essential link of data, capital and business intelligence, they
have also opened themselves up to potential risk - potentially immense
risks.

The litany of companies that have been burned by hackers, worms,
viruses and simple human error has made organizations wary of the
perils of the networked economy. There's so much out there in the
digital ether that can jump up and bite you. On the other hand, says
Justin Peltier, a senior security consultant with Peltier Associates
and leader of Web hacking seminars for the Computer Security
Institute, there are also a lot of myths out there.

"Network security has a particularly affinity for myths," he says.
"It's hard to change an opinion once it's made, and a lot of IT and
security professionals have based their opinions on received wisdom.
They've heard about security risks, but they haven't tried it for
themselves. Some of these opinions might have been based on reality
but are no longer valid, and some is just based on what we've been
told."
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