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Security: The Human Factor
By Paul Kearney
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This guide looks at the human challenges associated with information security.It assesses the consequences of failing to meet them and – most importantly – looks at the steps organisations can take to make themselves and their information more secure.
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Paul Kearney
Paul Kearney is chief security researcher in the Security Futures Practice, BT Innovate & Design. He is based at BT’s Adastral Park technology centre near Ipswich, and has worked in information security research since 2001. Paul Kearney is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and a full Member of the Institute Of Information Security Professionals (MInstISP). He holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Liverpool, and is the co-author of the White Paper, “Human Vulnerabilities in Security Systems”, published in 2007 by the Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network.
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