Talk to any cto or it manager about his or her top day-to-day concerns, and security is sure to be at the top of the list. When I come into work each morning, I am never surprised to hear of a new worm, virus, Trojan horse, or phisher scam. I'm obviously not alone: According to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report, the last half of 2003 saw a fivefold increase in worms and other types of malicious code that attempt to steal personal data from Internet users. Too often, though, we in IT shake our fists at big software companies like Microsoft while we ourselves engage in the kinds of practices that result in self-inflicted security risks to our companies.
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