Have you ever visited one of those small towns where people don't lock their doors and leave the keys to the car in the ignition? When you get back to the big city, with car alarms and deadbolt locks, you feel like you're in Leavenworth. You wouldn't think of leaving your front door unlocked in New York or San Francisco. And you wouldn't dream of leaving the keys in your ignition in Chicago or Miami.

So why do people taking elaborate security measures at home skimp when it comes to protecting their corporate network or the database making their business roll?

You say you've got a firewall? Congratulations. But don't think of a it as a giant deadbolt lock picture a latch on a screen door instead.

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