Monday, April 29, 2002

BBC: "Employees seen as computer saboteurs"

Ignoring the funny spelling, they have some good points.
Feel free to forward as you see fit.

"Employees seen as computer saboteurs"
  • http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1946000/1946368.stm
  • http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/29/1231200&mode=thread&tid=172

Workers unfamiliar with computers or who blithely open files attached to e-mail could kick off virus outbreaks or inadvertently aid hackers trying to get access to an organisations internal network.
Customer service staff at call centres can also cause security headaches for companies if they are not trained to spot or deal with people who call and try to extract information about passwords and customer accounts