[Infowarrior] - White Paper: "I Am Who I Say I Am"

[Richard Forno]

(c/o dissent)

White Paper: "I Am Who I Say I Am"

http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20070116125901198


> Whether managing risk or avoiding threats, the impact the same ‹ public sector
> organizations are spending a significant portion of their information
> technology (IT) budgets on information security, as high as 10 percent in some
> cases.
> 
> The reason is clear ‹ recent headlines tell the story:
> 
> € Privacy breach puts U.S. total over 100 million1
> € Another Government Security Breach2
> € Security Breaches Afflict Most Enterprises, Government
> € Voter Information Exposed [to hackers] on Website
> 
> The issue of information security is so pervasive that one Web site even
> publishes a "Security Breach Weekend Roundup"5 without a hint of irony. That
> said, the cost of preventing a security breach pales in comparison to the cost
> of addressing such a breach after the fact. A recent study of 14 organizations
> that experienced an IT security breach revealed 69.8 million in direct costs
> associated with the breaches.