LinuxSecurity.com: Security Conscious Reminders

“As the days pass in 2002, folks in the corporate world and even
in their home networks are realizing that security is a necessity.
I don’t need to be telling you this since you are reading this
article from a security related website. But I would like to take a
few moments just to re-emphasize the need, not only for security,
but also to pass the word along about just how import of a concept
security really is.

“In the past few days, there has been a thread of messages from
the Security Basics mailing list that has been in reference to a
quote by Richard Clarke, the presidential advisor on cybersecurity.
I believe this quote defines the government stance of
cybersecurity. The quote reads as follows:

“‘If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, then you will
be hacked. What’s more, you deserve to be hacked…'”

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