But the largest collections currently available from Core Security Technologies, Immunity and an open source project known as Metasploit include exploits for less than 10% of the 14, 000 security flaws publicly revealed in information technology systems over the last five years.

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Russell Dietz is vice president and chief technology officer at SafeNet, a global leader in information security, and has more than 25 years of technology experience in the data management, security, embedded and distributed systems industries.

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The top four industries represented in the study are weapons and security, aerospace, government agencies and information technology.

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"This is a drop in the bucket, " says Paul Henry, a spokesman for information technology security firm Secure Computing.

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In today's information technology society, smartphone customers expect a high level of security and protection.

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In this regard, increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity threats require careful consideration of information-security risks presented by new technology implementations and use.

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In a February 1998 survey of information-technology companies by the Minnesota Department of Economic Security, 57% of respondents said they were having trouble finding qualified workers.

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Such as those relating to human resources, the kind of people we get in the government, the kind of people we try to keep, unsuccessfully too often in government, information technology, other areas that are so vitally important to our national security.

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