"People are the problem" in enterprise security, agree UK IT leaders

Charlee Gothard
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With all the tech in the world, it still just takes one password on a Post-it note to bring everything down

"People are the problem", no matter how technology advances, when it comes to locking down cyber security, a roomful of UK IT leaders have agreed. While discussing Computing research findings at...

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