Employees Are The Biggest Security Threat

blankmange writes "BBC News is reporting that the employees of a company pose the biggest threat to security. "Digital cameras, MP3 players and handheld computers could be the tools that disgruntled UK employees use to sabotage computer systems or steal vital data, warn security experts. The removable memory cards inside the devices could be used to bring in software that looks for vulnerabilities on a company's internal network. The innocent-looking devices could also be used to smuggle out confidential or sensitive information." Unfortunately, this is not news, but it is amazing how slowly the general public, corporations included, comes around on issues like these. "

Comments

hmmm...

[BoneFlower]

Duh.

Re:Comes around on issues like these?

[SirSlud]

Amen. My post was pretty much about that 'balance'. I think in many work envrionments, that balance has been there ever since employees have had their hands on some kind of till or file cabinet.

It just struck me how "hey, we've never dealt with this revelation" the article was. I dont think there's any need for additional internal security at many places .. and if they do implement such measures, they'd look awfully two faced considering the state of external facing potential security vulnerabilities at most companies.

Good post.