Social network subversion and the consumerization of IT

Courtesy DaniWeb IT Discussion Community (Featured Entries)  Sat, 05/31/2008 - 08:40

According to reports the most serious forthcoming threats to IT security will be revealed during the Gartner Security Summit in Washington this coming week, and it looms like the consumerization of IT will be right there front of stage.

Something that Gartner research fellow, John Pascatore, describes as the Gen X - Gen Y problem. In other words, the users who have grown up with a social networking model as the norm being expected to follow an old school approach...

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