CEOs blamed for PC attacks at work
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 17:23 IST   |    1 Comments
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CEOs blamed for PC attacks at work
London: The root cause for most of the data attacks is the unlocked computers used by CEOs, argued Glenn Zimmerman, a technology expert with the Pentagon's cyberspace task force, in New Scientist magazine. According to many technology experts, it's the CEOs who are responsible for any data that has leaked because of unprotected networks in offices. Most of the companies insist that their computers are locked down in order to restrict employees from running unauthorized software, CD and DVD, while the senior leaders of the company don't have any such restriction and their computers are often wide open to threats. According to Zimmerman, the solution would be to use less arduous security measures. He also pointed out that locking down PCs made tech-savvy users to find workarounds, which introduce vulnerabilities. "The only totally secure computer is one that is switched off, filled with concrete and dropped to the bottom of the Mariana trench," Zimmerman opined.

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