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January 1998 / Bits / Survey

The Enemy Within

When it comes to network security breaches, threats from external sources -- such as hackers, the Internet, disasters, vendors, and former employees -- aren't even the half of it. Results from a recent survey of 150 BYTE readers, conducted by the BYTE research department, indicate that current employees are the greatest threat to an organization's security. According to read ers responding to the survey, many breaches occurred because employees failed to follow proper security procedures, or management had failed to tell employees about changes in security procedures.

What's the Greatest Threat to Security?
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Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it is theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.

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