Legal Developments In IT Security
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Legal Developments In IT Security
This article is based on a talk given by Mike Conradi at Kemp Little's "Corporate Counsel Forum" on 25 April 2007 and it first appeared in the Computer Law & Security Report 23 (2007).
"Party Invitation of a Lifetime!"In January 2007, the NCC Group published the results of a study they had conducted into IT security1. They had sent a gift-wrapped USB memory stick to the Finance Directors of 500 UK public companies wrapped in packaging suggesting that its contents contained an exclusive "party invitation of a lifetime". More than half of the Finance Directors plugged in the USB stick and even clicked on the "Yes I want to install some software" option. The NCC's comment on this was:"This demonstrates that a fundamental lack of a healthy suspicion by IT users remains even at a senior level. The need for real security awareness has never been greater. This is a serious issue amongst today's businesses and is something that everyone should have in the forefront of their minds."The stu...See the full content of this document
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