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[Banking_and_finance] Daily News 08.26.03 (fwd)



> The computer part is the easy part.

agreed. they just do what they are told. It has been said many time. But
security starts with a good security policy. Next you can think about
what technologies to use to enforce this policy.

With respect to the bank: I think the main failure in this case was
realizing that something bad happened. shi* happens. But at least you
have to know that it happened and act quickly to limit the damage. But I
bet the site was hosted in some colo-facility and it took them a while
to get someone to pull the plug.



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