Security News > 2011 > February > Low security awareness found across IT

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9208890/Low_security_awareness_found_across_IT_ By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld February 10, 2011 A broad spectrum of IT people, including those close to security functions, appear to have little awareness of key security issues impacting their organizations, a new survey shows. The survey, which polled 430 members of the Oracle Application Users Group (OAUG) conducted by Unisphere Research and sponsored by Application Security Inc. included directors and managers of information technology, developers and programmers, database and systems administrators, systems architects and analysts and professionals from the HR and financial functions. About 22% of respondents claimed to be extensively involved in security functions, 60% claimed a limited or supporting role, and the rest said they were not involved with security at all. About 100 respondents belonged to companies with more than 10,000 employees. What the survey showed was a surprising lack of awareness of security issues among the respondents. For instance, just 4% admitted to being fully informed about security breaches within their organizations. About 80% of those who said their organizations had suffered a data breach in the past year were unable to tell which IT components might have been impacted by the breach. There appeared to be even less knowledge or acknowledgement of the costs associated with a data breach. Nine out of 10 of those who said their organizations had been breached said they had no idea of the resulting costs to their companies. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/

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