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Humans Continue To Be "Weak Link" In Data Security

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the handcuffs-please dept.

ChiefMonkeyGrinder writes "Nearly 90 percent of IT workers in the UK have said a laptop in their organization has been reported lost or stolen, new research has found. Sixty-one percent said that this then resulted in a data breach, according to the '2010 Human Factor in Laptop Encryption Study: United Kingdom,' a report produced by the Ponemon Institute for Absolute Software."

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  1. Hmmm ... by WrongSizeGlass · · Score: 4, Funny

    If only there was a way to remove humans from the equation ... can you say Skynet?

    1. Re:Hmmm ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Kill all humans!
                      Bender the robot

  2. Ponemon by tepples · · Score: 5, Funny

    the Ponemon Institute

    Laptops: gotta steal 'em all.

  3. Weakest Link by kiehlster · · Score: 3, Funny

    You ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.

    I really enjoyed that episode of Doctor Who. Now I'm a little scared.

  4. Yes by rolando2424 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Skynet

    --
    Okay seriously I've just run out of pointless things to say.