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Enemy at the Water Cooler
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Enemy at the Water Cooler

by Brian T Contos
October 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
5h 47m
English
Syngress
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Chapter 8. Outbreak from Within—A Financial Organization in the U.K.

 

“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.”

 
 --Stephen Hawking

For the most part, when compared to organizations of a similar size in different business verticals, financial organizations in the U.K. are particularly diligent when it comes to security and monitoring. This doesn’t mean that financials don’t have their share of problems and well-publicized attacks. They are a big target from the inside and outside, and because they are in the business of trust, security has always has been a chief concern.

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ISBN: 9781597491297