6 Honeypots
3. Failing to realize how much money their information and
organizational reputations are worth.
4. Relying primarily on a fi rewall and IDS.
5. Failing to deal with the operational aspects of security: make
a few fi xes and then not allow the follow through necessary to
ensure the problems stay fi xed.
6. Failing to understand the relationship of information security
to the business problem—they understand physical security
but do not see the consequences of poor information security.
7. Assigning untrained people to maintain security and not
providing the training or the time to make it possible to do the
job.
Traditionally, tools applied for security of the information have
been purely defensive. These include access ...