Interesting stats from Information Security Breaches Survey 2008
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Jul 2008
First of all, for those of you reading this in the U.S., welcome back from the 4th of July holiday!
I just came across some statistics in the U.K.-based Information Security Breaches Survey 2008 that provides some insight and clarity into why we still (and always will) have security breaches:
- 98% of respondents scan for spyware…55% have a documented security policy.
- 97% filter for spam…40% provide security awareness training.
- Only 6% have suffered a confidentiality breach…as far as they know.
- 52% do NOT carry out formal risk assessments…while 81% believe their board believes security a high or very high priority. Ha!
- 78% had computers stolen that didn’t have encrypted drives. I still don’t get this one!!
- 84% do not scan outgoing email for confidential data…this is where (and why) the bad guys focus their efforts.
Oh, and 84% are heavily dependent on their IT systems…The other 16% just don’t realize their dependence. Yet.