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Finding 3: One company in six has lost equipment containing company data in the past year.
Many of the year's biggest IT-security news stories, such as the Veterans Administration scandal, involved stolen laptops or equipment. These were not isolated incidents: One in three of our respondents admit to security breaches in the past year. And of those, nearly half say these breaches involved lost or stolen equipment. Viruses and spyware remain the most common problems.
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.
Upcoming results from the Security survey:
Sept 13: Confidence in IT security remains high, despite security problems.
Sept 20: Why confidence remains high: security technologies and strategies.
Sept: 27: Are IT executives being overconfident? Protecting data, tightening policies.
Read our previous surveys on the 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 TheftGeekfathers: 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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