At the same time, governments must make a strong and credible commitment to a path of fiscal consolidation and thus comply with the Stability and Growth Pact. But they must also resist the temptation to further increase the size of the stimulus measures, as this could erode trust in the sustainability of public finances and undermine the effectiveness of the measures already adopted.
We have seen cases in which banks expend a lot of resources on deterring sophisticated assaults while omitting the most basic of measures. I am especially referring to a factor which is still highly underappreciated: the human factor. For humans are often the weakest link in IT processes.