Unfortunately amateur hacking is not the full picture. There are a number of more determined professional hackers active within the Internet. The activities of the amateur hacker are criminal simply because hacking itself is a crime. Attacks can therefore be motivated by possible financial gain, or even by revenge or politics. It becomes imperative to ensure that some form of information security is in place.
Many organisations see the threat as wholly external.
In practice, the most damaging and immediate threat comes from employees. A number of surveys have suggested that more than 60 percent of security risks come from staff. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of ZDNetUK is prohibited. ZDNetUK and the ZDNetUK logo are trademarks of Ziff-Davis Publishing Company.