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THREATS TO SECURITY
The largest benefit of a computer network is the ability to share information.
However, organizations need to protect that information and ensure that only au-
thorized individuals have access to the network and the data appropriate to their
role. A 2003 nationwide survey by the Computing Technology Industry Asso-
ciation found that human error was the most likely cause of problems with secu-
rity breaches. The survey indicated that only 8% were caused by purely technical
errors, with more than 63% being caused by some type of human error (Gross,
2003). According to Degaspari (2010), “Given the volume of ...