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Security: The top five internal security threats

"Criminal attacks are particularly likely to happen from the inside: one recent study estimated that 90 percent of criminal computer crimes were committed by employees of the company attacked.

Smaller businesses are uniquely vulnerable to IT security breaches because they may lack the more sophisticated intrusion detection and monitoring systems used by large enterprises, according to Mark Murtagh, a technical director with Websense. "We definitely are seeing an increasing threat to SMEs, coupled with a lack of understanding of the threats posed," he says.

ZDNet.co.uk asked the experts: what are the top 10 security threats posed by workers in small and medium-sized enterprises?" – Content courtesy of The top five internal security threats – ZDNet UK