Full Disclosure: Re: [funsec] Stop The 70% Lie

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008, The Security Community wrote:
> http://70percenters.googlepages.com/
>
> "The FBI estimates that about 70 percent of all computer security
> breaches are perpetrated by insiders."
>
> For years this lie and variations on the same theme have been
> spreading through the Internet and the industry press.
>
> Year after year journalists, security marketers, bloggers, and other
> media types continue to publish this nonsense as though it were the
> Gospel Truth when the truth is the FBI has never published any survey,
> study, or statistical analysis that supports this claim.
Not reading the post below, I can tell you the numbers are based on real 
research, but it is so old my memory fails me. It is a case of a number 
being repeated and copied so many times over it gains credibility and 
immortality.

There are some decent numbers from the CSI/FBI annual survey.

Also, when counting incidents, it really matters what types of incidents 
are included.

        Gadi.

> Inspired by http://blogs.zdnet.com/careers/?p=127
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