Barry Hood, a security consultant for Electronic Data Systems, said security has always been about people: knowing who has access, what their routines are, and what information they need. These are things that legislation cannot cover, he said.
Hood said that he was at the show looking for new smart card technology that could link information control with identity.
Experts speaking at the show did not dismiss the power of security technology, but emphasized that companies need to dedicate just as much money and time to making sure that internal policies and safeguards are in place as they spend on securing IT.
Social engineering is key, according to Michael Colao, global head of IT security at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
"When you ask companies what is more threatening -- a mythical group of highly trained Russian cyber criminals or an internal vulnerability, they'll probably say the internal threat. But then they do nothing about it," he said.
Infosecurity runs through Thursday at London Olympia.
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