[pchelpers] Article:Worst Cybersecurity Meltdowns

Andy Greenberg, 10.26.07, 1:00 PM ET

Most computer-security professionals don't believe in security.

To those who know better, a computer network can never be "secure"--only
"more secure." In other words: No data is absolutely safe.

"There's a vulnerability in every system," says James Lewis, researcher
at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a public policy
research organization in Washington, D.C. If it's not a faulty firewall
or an unprotected mobile device, he says, "it can be as simple as an
employee's password written on a yellow post-it note." 

More here:
http://www.forbes.com/2007/10/26/tjx-northrop-mcafee-ent-tech-cx_ag_1026worsthacks.html
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