During InfoSec Europe, Secure Computing took a survey of IT Directors, one-hundred and three of them to be exact, and asked them about their fears. What is it that concerns them most regarding IT security?
When asked to pick which was the larger threat, either outsider or insider, more than eighty percent said internal threats worry them the most. Insider threats can come from anywhere, jaded employees, accidental disclosure of sensitive information, and outright criminal theft. Less than one in five directors felt the external threats posed by criminals are more dangerous.
So why are these IT Directors showing fear? Because according to the survey, thirty-seven percent of them have experienced data leaks within the past year. Keeping with this data, the directors who took part said that internal security is at the top of their shopping lists.
Another item of note from the survey included Email as being identified as the biggest current security risk to the IT Director’s organizations (34 percent). VoIP was noted as well, coming in second with twenty-five percent, and is deemed a bigger threat than Web surfing, which only twenty-one percent of the directors said was the biggest threat. Despite this apparent confidence, however, four in five respondents (79 percent) feel they could be better prepared for Web-borne threats.
Established external threats continue to be the biggest concern in a developing Web 2.0 environment, according to Secure. Viruses top the list of offenders, with thirty-one percent of IT Directors feeling it is the biggest threat, while spam comes in second with eighteen percent, and data leaks a close third at fourteen percent.
Another issue raised by the Directors was disclosure laws. Over two-thirds of the directors believe data breach disclosure should be compulsory in the UK, as it is in the United States.
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