Are you a network's weakest link?

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Educating employees to take security more seriously would seem an obvious way of avoiding unauthorised access to a network, but a report from a leading security consultancy has found that users are still ignoring even the most basic advice.

Humans are the weakest link in the security chain, according to the findings of a report from @stake security consultants. The company compiled a list of common human errors that can seriously co...

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