IT Security's Next Big Threat: Young People - Studies say Generation Y user behavior could endanger security of enteprise systems

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:31 PM EST

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First, it was viruses. Then it was financially motivated hackers, followed by insider threats. And the next big danger? People who can't remember the Bee Gees.

During the past two weeks, IT security managers have been getting a new warning that turns the old '60s hippie slogan -- "Never trust anyone over 30" -- upside down. The new message: Twenty-somethings are putting the corporate network at risk.

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I find it amusing then that 80% of the IT group at my company (a very large American company) are under 30.

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#1 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 4:38 PM EST

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"The message from Millennials is clear: To lure them into the workplace, prospective employers must provide state-of-the-art technologies," says Gary Curtis, managing director of Accenture Technology Consulting. "And if their employers don't support their preferred technologies, Millennials will acquire and use them anyway.

My company uses machines with Windows 98, old BlackBerries (for those who get to have a BlackBerry), etc. Most of the stuff I was given doesn't really meet the level of service I need to adequately do my job.

First thing I did after starting? Installed Firefox. And Greasemonkey, and a half-dozen other extensions that make my life immensely easier. Don't like it? Tough, I'll go elsewhere and actually do my job.

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#2 - Fri Nov 21, 2008 7:08 PM EST

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