[pchelpers] Article:Human error is the No 1 IT security issue for UK IT directors

Released: 2nd December 2008
Publisher: YouGov

1st December 2008 - No matter how many policies and training schemes you
put into operation, basic human error still poses the most likely threat
to your company's IT security according to IT directors.

This was the worrying conclusion of research commissioned by network
security vendor Clavister and conducted by leading international
researchers YouGov. 

86% of all IT directors polled believed that the most likely cause of an
IT security issue came from their own employees. The reasons for this
were down to staff ignoring, not being made aware of or not being
sufficiently trained on security policies, as well as making mistakes or
committing industrial espionage. 

And the story appears to be similar regardless of where the company is
based and how big it is. Despite security policies and training being
implemented, security problems continue to happen due to the human
temperament.

More here:
http://www.it-director.com/technology/news_release.php?rel=8719
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