Bosses are the weakest link


re:  http://www.vnunet.com/News/1144146

"Senior managers may recognise the risks of lax IT security, but they seldom practice what they preach."

"Four out of five admitted to opening an email attachment from someone they did not know, and one in five confessed to using their own name as the password to access their network."

Wow, I am surprised, not! :-)

Cheers,
Gary

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