September 8, 1997

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 Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? 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 Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? 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. Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? 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 Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? 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. Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? 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 Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? 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 Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? Return to Security Survey: Is It Safe? Back to News in Review Send Us Your Feedback Top of the Page

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