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There is no tech silver bullett

Hey Zeebs,

Thanks for your comments. Policies and the right tech are definitely an important part of the story but I think that what Debi was really pushing is that they are not the whole story by any means.

You can have all the rules and regs you like and robust tech but if you don't make the effort to find out how your users actually behave then your information securithy stratgy is going to have a big fat hole in it.

The problem, as she pitched it, is that not many technical managers want to roll up their sleeves and actually analyse human behaviour - they would rather just seek a tech solution as that is where they feel most at home. r.

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