Many trends in computing- distributing processing, telecoms, reliance on computing for key business processes- combine to increase greatly the risks and vulnerability of firms to computer attack. The form of attack is also is also diversifying- mischief-making by "hackers" or virus writers, sabotage by disgruntled employees, fraudulent activity, or simple random hardware or software failure. The threats and potential costs to firms of breakdowns in security can be very large, involving the need to replace or re-engineering systems, to recover or reconstruct key information and data, and maybe even to try to re-establish goodwill with customers who may have been affected. The literature reflects that while the general issues here are appreciated, few firms understand fully the potential threats to their business, nor have explicit policies and procedures to guard against them.

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