During this year's RSA conference in San Francisco, attendees were offered a chance to take part in a survey focusing on the critical industry and infrastructure issues they faced in 2007 -- and those they could expect to face in the coming year. Today, RSA released the results of that survey and reported that more than 89 percent of security incidents went unreported in 2007.
RSA releases survey results from 2008 conference (IMG:J.Anderson)
Some of the standout statistics gleaned from the results include 49 percent of respondents who cited data leakage of customer or employee data as their primary area of concern. Coming in a close second, concerns about e-mail-borne Malware or Phishing were cited by 41 percent of those polled, while Web-borne Malware and insider theft were cited by 36 percent of the respondents.
When asked about the top security issues, 49 percent cited lost or stolen devices. Tied for second place, 47 percent said both non-malicious employee errors and educating employees were their top issues, and budget constraints troubled 44 percent, rounding out the top three spots.
54 percent of those who took the survey admitted that they had dealt with a security incident during 2007. Additionally, 13 percent said they had addressed more than 20 security incidents last year. Of those incidents, data leakage of customer or employee data, insider threats/thefts, and intellectual property theft accounted for 29 percent, 28 percent and 16 percent respectively. Sadly, only 11 percent of those surveyed publicly disclosed any of those security breaches or possible data losses.
“With 29% of respondents stating that they experienced the leakage of employee or customer data in 2007, it is alarming to see that only 11% of those types of incidents went reported,” said Tim Mather, chief security strategist for RSA Conference. “Security professionals need to remain cognizant of the regulations that their organizations must comply with and ensure they are taking steps to properly report the security incidents that are required by law – whatever they may be.”
The survey's full results can be viewed by clicking here.
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