Why humans are the weakest link

Social and Human Elements of Information Security: Emerging Trends and Countermeasures

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 15-26

  Nohlberg, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

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EID: 70849103144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-036-3.ch002     Document Type: Chapter

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