UK: Hide Behind a Firewall to Beat Cyber Criminals

22Jul98 UK: HIDE BEHIND A FIREWALL TO BEAT CYBER CRIMINALS.
ASHOK KHINDRIA.

COMPUTER crime in Britain is doubling every year. And as the number of
corporate networks reaches record levels, thousands of companies routinely
fail to implement security measures to prevent theft of information and
corruption to systems. 

No organisation seems safe as hackers wreak havoc to systems across the
corporate and public sectors. According to a recent survey by the
Department of Trade and Industry, security lapses have cost companies #1.5
billion since 1992. During this period, the cost of an average security
breakdown soared from #2,000 to #9,000, with the single most expensive
reported incident a #1.2 million fraud in an insurance company. 

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