The Accomplice, Protector and Informer

By Martin. W. on Jan 15, 2004 12:26 PM
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When you think of computer crime, you immediately think of Internet fraud, hacking, viruses or other external threats to an organization.

However, all too often, the internal threats are the silent, more sinister risks with a high price of failure to address them. Organizations must look closer to home to consider the full spectrum of risk and how their own computers may be used against them. Consider the role of your computer as a potential accomplice, protector and informer. The Accomplice PricewaterhouseCoopers' recent European Economic Crime survey suggests that around 60 per cent of fraud is perpetrated by an organization's own employees. Given that most businesses are dependent on computers, it is likely that much of ...
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