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Blame sales for those computer security breaches

03/29/2007 | Filed under: Latest eBusiness News, Updated eBiz News — site admin @ 2:35 pm

Junior sales staff are most likely to be responsible for technological security breaches at work, according to a British survey.

The poll of 942 IT managers found that salesmen aged between 26 and 35 are most at risk from computer viruses and other online attacks.

Internet security firm MessageLabs, which commissioned the survey, said sales staff were too busy to worry about protecting themselves and their company from fraud.
“They are the natural multi-taskers,” MessageLabs’ Chief Security Analyst Mark Sunner told Reuters. “They’re going to be on the phone, browsing the Web and using instant messaging all at the same time.