Why Security is important

Imagine working for the company providing Microsoft UK  ’s events registration system. It  ’s the beginning of summer in June 2007, and the news is fi  lled with fl  oods in the north of England where people have had to evacuate their homes while the rest of the country swelters in the well  -above  -average heat and sunshine. You fi  re up your Web browser just to check how your site is doing, only to discover. You  ’ve been hacked!