The fourth European IT security conference opened in Amsterdam yesterday – with a damning indictment of CEOs who fail to understand the value and the costs of security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
While cyberterrorism and other fad-threats haven’t turned out to be pose the risks which many experts had predicted, the number one source of tech threat remains inside a business itself – its staff and its internal processes, according to Arjen van Zanten of KPMG’s risk management business.<\/p>\n
He claimed there still exists a cultural barrier between IT departments and the board. “The board of directors don’t understand anything about security,” he said.<\/p>\n
Tom Scholtz, VP of research firm Meta Group, replied “but the heads of IT, and above all those in charge of security, aren’t up to the job of reassuring them”, in the course of a roundtable on the value of security.<\/p>\n
Just a few years ago, IT security was considered a restriction on businesses. Like putting the brakes on a vehicle only has one result: it slows down how fast you can go. Today, luckily, it’s considered as a sign of confidence and people realise that using the brakes actually helps you go to faster.<\/p>\n
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