News that the US Department of Homeland Security has identified the weak link in IT security is the human element comes as no surprise to Idappcom, the data traffic analysis and security specialist.
According to Ray Bryant, the firm's CEO, after DOHS staff quietly dropped data disks and USB sticks in the car parks of government agency and allied company buildings, they found 60 per cent of them were inserted into the company/agency's computer systems.
- Published: 27 June 2011
- Written by NStinchcombe