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Discussion on: What are the worst security practices you've ever witnessed?

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Shannon Crabill

Why does no one seem to take securing work laptops seriously?

In a previous job, we had laptops with no way of securing them to our desks. We had to lock them in our file cabinets at the end of each day.

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Molly Struve (she/her)

I work for a cybersecurity company, we help Fortune 500 companies track down and patch the worst vulnerabilities in their infrastructure. However, I believe that no matter how robust you make your infrastructure the weakest link will always be the human component.

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Shannon Crabill

this

Right! Common sense and educating the humans that work at or with a company can go a long way.

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amorganPD

Not only that, but also removing the human component, where possible. People will always error, so removing the possibility to error is just as important.

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Greg R.

Simple enough: remove people :D