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Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation
From: "Christopher L. Morrow" <christopher.morrow () mci com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2004 05:28:28 +0000 (GMT)
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Sean Donelan wrote:
Donn S. Parker pointed out controls are ineffective without user cooperation. According to an AT&T sponsored survey, 78% of executives admitted to opening attachments from unknown senders in the last year, 29% used their own name or birthday as a "secure" password, 17% accessed the company network in a public place and didn't log out, 9% informally shared a network password with someone outside of the company.
surprised? if you don't teach the baby the consequences then they continue to behave badly. I suppose it IS a little bit tough to tell the executive: "Bad Exec!! NO COOKIE!!!" or the equivalent in execu-speak :(
http://www.att.com/news/item/0,1847,13137,00.html The survey included relatively few people, 254 executives from Europe, North America ans Asia-Pacific regions.
Current thread:
- Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Sean Donelan (Jul 15)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Christopher L. Morrow (Jul 15)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Dave Dennis (Jul 15)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Christopher L. Morrow (Jul 15)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Stephen J. Wilcox (Jul 17)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Peter Galbavy (Jul 17)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Patrick W Gilmore (Jul 17)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Krzysztof Adamski (Jul 17)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Dave Dennis (Jul 15)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Fergie (Paul Ferguson) (Jul 16)
- Re: Controls are ineffective without user cooperation Christopher L. Morrow (Jul 15)