September 2006 Security Survey: Despite Security Problems, Confidence in IT Security Remains High - ' Confidence in IT security '
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Finding 4: Confidence in IT security remains high.
There's been plenty of bad news about lost and stolen data in the past 12 months, and that may have shaken up IT executives at small companies. But their peers at large and midsize companies have grown even more confident about their IT security in the past year, while only 1 in 10 of all respondents say their company is at high risk. Yet spending on IT security projects—as well as security personnel—keeps going up.
Research Guide:
Finding 1: Employee negligence and Microsoft vulnerabilities are considered the most significant IT-security risks
Finding 2: Almost half of large companies have been targeted by online criminals.
Finding 3: One company in six has lost equipment containing company data in the past year.
Finding 4: Confidence in IT security remains high, despite security problems.
Read our previous surveys on IT security, privacy and risk:
September 2005: Security Relaxes as IT Threats Increase
September 2004: Security and Privacy: Do You Feel More Secure Than Last Year?
August 2003: Is Your Security Comfort Level Too High?
September 2002: Rethinking Risk
February 2002: Security 2002
October 2001: Disaster Recovery 2001
Related stories:
Trends:
Double Identity: Pressure Increases, but CIOs Still Struggle to Stop Identity Theft (Sept 2005)
Geekfathers: CyberCrime Mobs Revealed (Baseline May 2005)
Case studies:
Lexis-Nexis: Ground Zero for War vs. Data Thieves (Sept 2005)
Interviews and Expert Voices:
Ira Winkler: Security is Easier—And Crooks Are Dumber—Than You Think (Sept 2005)
Opinion:
Dan Gillmor: Customer Data May be Too Risky to Keep (Sept 2005)
Eric Nee: Making Legitimate Business From Data Theft (Sept 2005)
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