National Security in the Information Age, Colorado Springs, CO, 1996. Many times, the security weaknesses in these products are not found until after the product has been installed and is in use in an organization that is unaware it is vulnerable. Human beings are responsible for the design, configuration, and use of systems with security features.
People often make mistakes in judgment and implementation, and many take shortcuts.
In the realm of computer security, people can be categorized as either insiders or outsiders. The insider works for an organization and usually has some form of trusted, authorized access to the computing resources therein. National Security in the Information Age, Colorado Springs, CO, 1996.