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Overlooked Insider Threats: A Call for Enhanced Security Training

Traditional security education is not working because most employees forget the most important rules at the most critical time." However, some companies may be focusing too much attention on external threats such as hackers, and ignoring the serious insider threats from . . . . Traditional security education is not working because most employees forget the most important rules at the most critical time." However, some companies may be focusing too much attention on external threats such as hackers, and ignoring the serious insider threats from careless and untrained employees, according to experts at Hackademia. The San Ramon, Calif.-based security education company Friday published its findings in a white paper called the Human Perimeter. "It's one of the unfortunate realities of security," says Hackademia CEO Neal O'Farrell. "The more the enterprise invests in the physical and technology perimeters, the more vulnerable the human perimeter becomes. The more successful the enterprise is at keeping intruders out of their networks, the more likely intruders are to focus on vulnerable employees instead." O'Farrell says the paper was published after company trainers recognized that many successful attacks are exploits of poor user habits and not anonymous outside hacker attacks. The link for this article located at SiliconValley is no longer available. . Conventional security training is inadequate as staff neglect essential guidelines, heightening internal threats and weaknesses.. Employee Security Training, Insider Threats Awareness, Cybersecurity Programs. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jul 02, 2001 • LinuxSecurity.com Team Hacks/Cracks