At 2:23 PM -0400 8/26/03, Reimer, Fred wrote:
>
>I'm almost positive that the exact same material is in all four other
>courses, and I hope that this is within the bounds of fair use, but page 2-4
>says:
>
>----
>There are four primary threats to network security:
>
>* Unstructured threats
>
>* Structured threats

The above seem to be the main current breakdown by NSA, NIPC, and 
various other government security agencies.  We can also split into 
clueless and clueful. :-)

>
>* External threats
>
>* Internal threats
>
>
>Internal threats occur when someone has authorized access to the network
>with either an account on a server or physical access to the wire.  They are
>typically disgruntled or current employees or contractors.

Just out of curiosity, what is a gruntled employee? Gruntling always 
reminds me of the sound of a happy hippopotamus.  Should security 
policies include a reference to keeping employees gruntled?




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