Infor mationWeek/Ernst & Young Security Survey Continued

Estimating Damage
Of companies hit by viruses and espionage, most can't estimate the value of the damage.

Respondents: 627 U.S. IT professionals

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Top Security Obstacles

Inadequate Budget   58%

Lack Of Human Resources Support   55%

Lack Of Awareness   46%

Lack Of Tools   40%

Note: Total exceeds 100% because multiple responses were permitted.
Respondents: 530 U.S. IT managers and professio nals

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Scoping Out Break-Ins

Globally, only 6% of sites report Internet break-ins. Sites that acknowledge Interent break-ins are slightly more likely to monitor Internet traffic than all sites combined. However, most shops don't know if they are victims or not.

Monitoring Internet traffic   47%

Break-in victims monitoring   51%

Respondents: 1,653 global sites that monitor Internet traffic; compared to 866 global Internet break-in victims who monitor Internet traffic.

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Internet Secured
A majority of IT managers are satisfied with the security of their Internet connections.

Respondents: 392 IT managers at U.S. Internet sites

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Net Insecurity

Nearly three-quarters of IT managers say they would use the Internet more for important transactions if its security were enhanced.

Yes, would increase use   73%

No, would not increase use   27%

Respondents: 556 IT managers at U.S. Internet sites.

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U.S. Respondents By Industry

Manufacturing	25%
Government	12%
Education	10%
Health care	6%
Banking	6%
Prof. services	3%
Financial	3%
Retail	3%
Insurance	3%
Transportation	3%
Telecom	3%
Other	23%

Data: Survey of 627 U.S. IT managers and professionals

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Job Titles

The U.S. survey respondents are InformationWeek subscribers.

Head of IS	35%
Dept. head in IS	28%
Other	20%
Non-IS exec	13%
Security manager	3%
Internal auditor	1%

Data: Survey of 627 U.S. IT managers and professionals

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