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PcSnap.com
January
5, 2000
INTERNAL
EMPLOYEES GREATEST THREAT SAYS NEW STUDY
A
survey conducted by Michael G. Kessler & Associates Ltd.,
a New York-based security firm, found that 35 percent of the theft
of proprietary and confidential information is stolen by disgruntled
employees. Other U.S. companies steal 18 percent, foreign corporations
stole 11 percent and foreign governments took 8 percent. Only
28 percent of information theft was attributed to a lone external
attacker.
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