Security Policies Are Unrealistic

Employees: Security Policies Are Unrealistic - Security policy/Management - DarkReading:

Current IT security policies frequently don't reflect the reality of how employees use their computers, according to a report published today by Cisco Systems.

The report, a deeper analysis of internal threat data collected by Cisco earlier this year, indicates that many users break their companies' security policies because following those policies would prevent them from doing their jobs

I don't know about you - but I fit this category. I know so many people who simply disregard or do something specific to avoid their IT security policies - and these are generally the security people I'm talking about!