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title: "Cyber threats relatively unknown outside IT, says expert"
url: "https://thecybersecurityplace.com/cyber-threats-relatively-unknown-outside-it-says-expert/"
date: "2015-05-29T06:50:50+00:00"
section: "Industry Insights"
tags:
  - "Cyber Threat"
source: "computerweekly.com"
source_url: "http://www.computerweekly.com/news/4500247092/Cyber-threats-relatively-unknown-outside-IT-says-expert?asrc=EM_EDA_43412127&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=EDA&utm_campaign=20150529_Internet%20of%20things%20and%20smart%20cities%20need%20UK-wide%20consensus_"
---

# Cyber threats relatively unknown outside IT, says expert

May 29, 2015 · Reported by computerweekly.com

> Few business people outside IT departments have any knowledge of current information security threats, according to BH Consulting founder and chief executive Brian Honan.
>
> “In many businesses, few non-IT people have heard of even big information security threats, such as the Heartbleed vulnerability or attacks like the one on Sony Pictures,” he told Computer Weekly.

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**Tags:** [Cyber Threat](https://thecybersecurityplace.com/tag/cyber-threat/)