Many High-Tech Manufacturers Taking Major Security Risks

Published October 29th, 2007



Many high-technology manufacturers are knowingly putting their intellectual property at risk by collaborating with partners and suppliers with communication tools that they don’t consider secure, according to a survey Microsoft commissioned. Microsoft said its survey of high-tech manufacturers found many now using Web-based e-mail and instant messaging platforms designed for personal use to carry out business communications, even though many of them believe those channels are not secure.





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