One in four US IT managers would become hacker

One in four IT managers in the US would turn to the dark side and become a hacker for a mere US$2000 ($2800) or less, a Centrify survey indicates.

If IT decision-makers from the US and UK were able to hack in anywhere and not get caught, the most popular target would be the White House, followed by David Cameron’s private email and Facebook.

On a more serious note, one in four US IT decision-makers (24%) hear more about office happy hours and 22% hear more about office birthdays than they hear about security.

Centrify chief product officer Bill Mann said the results of the survey betray a lack of concern over security issues.

“The technology exists, but the will does not. Many companies do not realise this risk until their names get splashed across headlines. But even if a company is not famous, one data leak can bring an entire business to a permanent halt,” he said.

Mann noted that with the increasing adoption of cloud computing and mobility in the workforce that the corporate perimeter no longer has anything to do with physical boundaries. He said organisations must act to secure this perimeter before hackers blow holes through and exploit them.

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