Monday, October 27, 2008

Arm Staff to Keep Bandits at Bay, Says Sunday Times

Source: Sunday Times Online

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/career_and_jobs/recruiter_forum/article4836584.ece

Firewalls, passwords and high-tech entry systems are all very well but they cannot stop someone from leaving documents on a train or lending their pass to a work-experience student. With all the attention being given to hacking, identity theft and computer-related security recently, it is easy to forget the key role that staff play in corporate security.


“People are beginning to realise that the data-security leakages we have read about in the press are never down to technology – they are always due to people screwing up,” said Martin Smith, chairman and founder of The Security Company (International). “So many things have gone wrong; all of them could be solved with management and training.”

Information and IT security will be covered in ARC's upcoming Security Management Stage 1 course. If you are interested in this business critical area of security, go to the ARC Website, or contact Janet or any of the team for further information.