IT Security Controls: A Guide to Corporate Standards and Frameworks

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V. Viegas, O. KuyucuIT Security Controlshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7799-7_6

6. People

Virgilio Viegas¹   and Oben Kuyucu¹

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Doha, Qatar

 

Employees are our most valuable asset.

Here is your appreciation.

—Every CEO

A BBC TV quiz show airing between 2000 and 2012 called The Weakest Link,¹ originally hosted by Anne Robinson,² where contestants, taking turns, tried to create chains of correct answers in a row to increase the amount of money they would earn. One incorrect answer would break the chain, and the contestants would lose all the money in that chain. Cybersecurity is just like that. The strength of a cybersecurity posture is limited to the weakest ...