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March 19, 2003

The Register: People are the biggest security risk


My spin Amen! You can have all the fancy technology solutions in the world. But all it takes is one secretary or CEO to open up

News Clip: Human error - not technical malfunction - is the most significant cause of IT security breaches in the public and private sectors.

That's according to a survey by trade group the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), published yesterday, which calls on a greater emphasis on educating employees about security risks.

In over 63 per cent of identified security breaches, human error was identified as a major, underlying factor, CompTIA's survey found.
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