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Subject: RE: Security Auditor versus Security Auditor
From: Anton J Aylward <anton @ the-wire . com>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1998 22:28:20 -0500
To: rdew @ el . nec . com (Bob De Witt), firewalls @ GreatCircle . COM, lists @ bwa . net

At 05:22 PM 17/02/98 -0800, Bob De Witt wrote:
## Reply Start ##
>
>Bret Watson <lists @
 bwa .
 net> wrote on Tue, 17 Feb 1998:
>> ...
>> In reality security is always a people problem...
>> 
>
>I don't know about "your" systems, but I figure it's about 60% social,
>25% political, and 15% Technological.  Actually, I'm not at all sure
>the technological is that strong.

I agree; rating technology at 15% does seem optimistic.
I usually tell clients "its the 80/20 rule", because the
phrase has a familiar ring to it.  But isn't that just 
another example of it being a people problem?

/anton

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