CHAPTER 9
Intranet Security
Intranet Security as News in the Media
– “State Department Contract Employees Fired, Another Disciplined for Looking at Passport File” [1]
– “Laptop stolen with a million customer data records” [2]
– “eBayed VPN kit hands over access to council network” [3]
– “(Employee) caught selling personal and medical information about . . . FBI agent to a confidential source . . . for $500” [4].
– “Data thieves gain access to TJX through unsecured wireless access point” [5]
Headline dramas like these in the mainstream media are embarrassing nightmares to top brass in any large corporation. These events have a lasting impact on a company’s bottom line because ...
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