What do security personnel consider to be the biggest threat to the corporate world?
- 37% say Data loss through internal threats, negligence or accidental loss.
- Other top threats include evolved forms of worms, viruses ; malicious attacks ; bots
According to a straw poll of IT security managers conducted by CDW, here’s what is on the minds of security personnel:
Of the 200 IT security professionals surveyed, there is a little bit of optimism that executive management understands the business risks:
- 17 percent of participants say that nothing at all would convince their companies to invest in higher levels of threat prevention
- 18 percent say that only a significant breach of their systems would compel an escalation in security investment.
- 39 percent of respondents believe that a specific assessment pointing out vulnerabilities in their IT security systems would lead to an increased investment in network protection.
What do security personnel consider to be the biggest threat to the corporate world?
- Data loss through internal threats, negligence or accidental loss, said 37 percent of respondents.
- Other top threats include: evolved forms of current threats, such as worms and viruses ; malicious attacks ; bots
“It is troubling to see so many organizations still struggling with preventable threats such as viruses and worms, when the stakes are so much higher from the risks that newer threats pose. It’s critical for businesses to secure themselves with the effective, readily available shields against ordinary threats, to free up time and resources for more proactive action against data loss and the rising threats of botnets and malicious, targeted attacks”
Doug Eckrote, Senior vice president of strategic solutions and services at CDW
The Burton Group analysis surveyed vendors on their market and product strategy and included interviews with the customers to gauge customer satisfaction.
A live demonstration of each vendor product was also conducted using a scenario designed by the analysts. Once completed, the vendors were ranked based on vendor viability, customer satisfaction, market leadership, sales, service, support and product evaluation.
“DLP has been used to track data in motion, but now another part of the software is its ability to look at repositories and file shares and even fingerprint data to control data changes by either blocking it or putting an alarm on it,” said Eric Maiwald, vice president and research director for Burton Group Security and Risk Management Strategies.
“Some of [the] tools have [the] ability to identify who owns a particular set of information and send a message to that data owner if a policy has been violated.”
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Sponsored by Dimension Data and conducted by researchers by IDC, the survey of more than 400 IT security decision makers found that more than half of companies worldwide report that they are planning to invest in DLP technology.
Even in today’s economic climate, spending on security continues, based on this report. Approximately 19 percent of those surveyed reported that they actually increased security spend this year, while an additional 40 said their security budget remained the same.
This spend in security dollars will bode well for the security Channel partners that prepare and position themselves, as the trusted advisors with the right technologies, expertise and service capabilities for these organizations.
As I speak to my friends and colleagues, it seems that there is still a large percentage of my social circle that have not fully embraced internet or online banking . This continues to surprise me, but in reading the recent article on CNET News, it would seem that my personal Canadian micro-study reflects the results of a larger (more scientific) study done by the Gartner Group in the US and UK.
They found that among the 4000 or so adults surveyed in the U.S., 47 percent said they now bank online. In the U.K, 30 percent echoed the same response.
41 percent of U.S. consumers and 38 percent in the U.K. blamed security as the most important reason for not banking over the Internet.
