The secret life of hackers
As "Gan", a highly skilled Australian hacker who used to break into systems illegally, says, "Security prevents people doing things - it's designed to automate authoritarian tendencies in an organisation.
"It works like the French legal system: you're guilty until proven innocent."
For the average IT manager, security is a headache. No one notices when you do it right, but, oh, do you hear about it when you've done it wrong. Finding the balance between security and convenience means understanding the threat. So what is out there?
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