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bsit@... 28th Jul 2010
I think those who are questioning the percentages need to go back to school and finish maths. The percentages made sense to me on first read. But then I do stats and engineering etc. OK here is the translation. 70 % of all breaches are from external sources. The 50% covers breaches "caused by insiders", meaning that they 'caused' the breach in some way but the overlap to the 70% comes from where both were involved. Get it yet? It could be in any number of ways, passing data or passwords to others in the 70%, etc. Out of the original 100% only 11% were from 'partners' meaning they could grab the data or pass on the passwords to someone in the 70% and thus be also in the 50%. I get it but I guess not everyone will. So the writer could have made a better job of it, sure, but it isn't all that hard, really guys, come on, work it out for yourselves.

Writers really shouldn't have to spell everything out for everyone and some assumptions about your education level are fair enough. You are educated, aren't you? You are in IT I assume? I know education in the USA is lower than in the rest of the world for some reason, probably politics, but even still it isn't rocket science! I suggest those who are having trouble try some mental exercises and not expect everything to be totally spelt out for you, like a Hollywood movie does. I know, you are going to say I'm some elitist snob or something, I'm not. Just spelling it out for you...
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