The study further revealed that Australian banks were among the Web sites most open to online attack. According to Unisys Australia's architecture director, Ajoy Ghosh, the .au space also reflected 80 percent of those sites, which did not have the correct security in place. According to Australia's Computer Society Institute, one in every three intrusions occurs when a firewall is in place. Ajoy says organisations need to implement the appropriate technology, as firewalls alone are not going to protect a site from being attacked. One of the problems is the technologists are driving business decisions to adapt inappropriate protections, leading to huge dollars being spent on the wrong technology.
Technologists exploit the fear of cyberspace.
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