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IT pros: most senior execs are ignorant about cyberattacks
06/29/2010
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Bryan Achohido - June 28, 2010
LastWatchdog has just gotten an exclusive sneak peak at the results of a NetWitness/Ponemon survey, due out next week. The survey of IT professionals who toil at big organizations reveals the extent to which CEOs, COOs and CFOs behave like ostriches, when it comes to grasping the scale and scope of cyberattacks against their respective organizations.
Ponemon Institute surveyed 591 IT professionals whose day-to-day duties revolve around securing the networks of major corporations and big government agencies. The poll asked questions about "advanced threats" - essentially proactive, sophisticated breaches or breach attempts." Key findings:
- 83% of respondents indicated their organization has been a recent target of advanced threats
- 41% said they were frequently attacked
- 81% felt that senior execs lacked awareness of the seriousness of advanced threats
Self-perpetuating disconnect
Netwitness CEO Amit Yoran says a big reason for this disconnect between IT pros and their senior execs is the fact that data loss disclosure laws cover only thefts of consumers' Personally Identifiable Information, or PII. Nothing compels organizations to disclose any other kind of system breach. So few do.
Read the full article at LastWatchdog.com...
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