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Who's to blame?
Kelly Martin, 2005-07-05

If there's one thing the security industry is really good at, it's pointing fingers. We all like to say that, "security starts with you," so that everyone can share a piece of the mud pie. While we're pointing fingers, let's look at a few groups and individuals and see how they can share the blame for their own insecurity - and prevent the spread of viruses, Trojans and worms.

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Who's to blame? 2005-07-05
Anonymous (1 replies)
Not to mention off-site backups 2005-07-07
Anonymous
Most of the huge compromises getting attention lately haven't been network compromises, but theft or loss of backup tapes. To quote Dan Greer, "What does a backup do? It reliably violates file permissions at a distance."

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