Misconfigured Networks Main Cause of Breaches

An anonymous reader writes "Responses to a survey from attendees of the DEFCON 18 conference revealed that 73% came across a misconfigured network more than three quarters of the time – which, according to 76% of the sample, was the easiest IT resource to exploit. Results revealed that 18% of professionals believe misconfigured networks are the result of insufficient time or money for audits. 14% felt that compliance audits that don't always capture security best practices are a factor and 11% felt that threat vectors that change faster than they can be addressed play a key role."

Comments

Best security advice I ever got.....

[LibertineR]

"It aint a firewall, unless it stops shit going in BOTH DIRECTIONS."

Re:Check those facts & figures

[Arthur Grumbine]

This summary is an absolute nightmare.

I just assumed it was written by the marketing team for Sex Panther.