The economic crisis has affected virtually every facet of society, and information security is no exception. In a new report titled Unsecured Economies: Protecting Vital Information, researchers from Purdue University’s CERIAS security center lay out the fairly bleak view of what the tough times have done to corporate IT security.
The report finds that intellectual property is particulary vulnerable in a down economy, as workers who either fear losing their job or have just been laid off look for any opportunity to profit. How the economy is hurting security | threatpost
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