Keeping your IT system secure is a never-ending battle against the elusive hacker.

“Most important is the human impact on the network – internal threats,” says Santilli, citing the importance of corporate controls and policies. Digital security guru Glen Christopher, who will speak at the World Council of Credit Unions international conference next month in Nassau, Bahamas, says that 70 percent of all hacking activity takes place internally, with employees, contractors or others, taking advantage of network access to probe for passwords, then misuse or compromise information.

by Diane Luckow