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Sarbanes-Oxley and privacy laws have generated more work for information security leaders as companies focus not only on external assaults on their systems but on internal threats, as well. While some

By Robert Regis Hyle | Updated on March 31, 2006

Sentries used to ask, “Friend or foe?” and were able to relax when the answer came back “friend.” But in today’s world of information technology, the question “With friends like these, who needs enemies?” is becoming a catch phrase, particularly among those with the title of chief information security officer (CISO). Those charged with protecting a company’s electronic assets have had to concentrate their efforts on combating the growing trend of internal menace.

Over the last decade information security has moved from firewalls and stopping hackers to compliance and keeping the company out of trouble, explains Roger Nebel, who heads up the strategic security practice for FTI Consulting. He believes there is an increasing awareness of internal threats but points out those threats continually have been there. The focus for security has become internal–from screening employees and putting computer security controls in place to creating a need-to-know system where business users can look at one document but not another.

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