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Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie
From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:18:11 -0500 (CDT)
On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote:
http://70percenters.googlepages.com/ "The FBI estimates that about 70 percent of all computer security breaches are perpetrated by insiders." For years this lie and variations on the same theme have been spreading through the Internet and the industry press. Year after year journalists, security marketers, bloggers, and other media types continue to publish this nonsense as though it were the Gospel Truth when the truth is the FBI has never published any survey, study, or statistical analysis that supports this claim.
Not reading the post below, I can tell you the numbers are based on real research, but it is so old my memory fails me. It is a case of a number being repeated and copied so many times over it gains credibility and immortality. There are some decent numbers from the CSI/FBI annual survey. Also, when counting incidents, it really matters what types of incidents are included. Gadi.
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