Name and shame bad security vendors, not customers, says Simplexo CTO

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'Best practice' used as excuse for poor performance and needs revamp, says Simon Bain

High-profile businesses are being unfairly criticised for poor security when the real blame lies with their security solutions providers, according to the founder and CTO of search engine tech firm...

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