[pchelpers] Article:The most common causes of IT security breaches and how companies can stop the burglars getting in

Historically, the approach to enterprise security has been to make the 
fortress bigger and stronger: to install more products, and write more 
policies. Yet despite heightened security awareness and cutting-edge 
tools, 2006 was the worst year yet on record for corporate security 
breaches, continuing the year-on-year escalation of security risk. The 
problem is, attackers are as advanced as the defenders and the attacks 
don’t always come from the expected direction.

The fact is that the biggest threat to an organization lies within its 
boundaries. In its 2006 survey, “Information Security Breaches,” the DTI 
and PricewaterhouseCoopers found that 32% of Information Security 
attacks originated from internal employees while 28% came from 
ex-employees and partners.

Similarly, law enforcement experts in Europe and the US estimate that 
over 50% of breaches result from employees misusing access privileges, 
whether maliciously or unwittingly.

So securing the enterprise isn’t just about stopping external threats. 
It’s just as important to contain the threat from hapless or hazardous 
employees.

One of the key internal threats to corporates is spyware, because it’s 
all too often introduced without malicious intent, by employees that 
naively click through a couple of pop-up browser windows, or install an 
unapproved yet ‘cool’ application on the network. The situation isn’t 
helped by the myths that surround spyware.
More here: 
http://www.securitypark.co.uk/article.asp?articleid=26143&CategoryID=1
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