Blog Posts Tagged with "survey"
Benchmarking the State of the CISO in 2020
March 27, 2020 Added by:Marc Wilczek
A run-down of Cisco's 2020 CISO Benchmark Report.
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Bit9 Releases 2013 Server Security Survey Report
March 30, 2013 Added by:Mike Lennon
Security vendor Bit9, best known for its application whitelisting solutions, recently released its second annual server security survey of nearly 1,000 IT and security professionals worldwide.
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Opinion: Recent ISACA Study Adds Fuel to the APT Fire
February 18, 2013 Added by:Steve Ragan
Most of the time, attacks considered APTs use 0-Day exploits, or malware that slips past poorly updated AV software, or phishing to compromise a host or organization. There is nothing advanced about attacks like these...
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Vulnerability Scans too Disruptive to Conduct Regularly
July 12, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“Evidently, active vulnerability scanning can cause huge management headaches due to its disruptive nature and information overload, so scanners tend to be used primarily for ‘spot checks’ that aren’t effective at minimizing risks. Critical vulnerabilities have to be identified, prioritized, and remediated daily..."
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Cloud Surveys and Extrapolating Out to Disruption
July 11, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
NBVP had around 40 industry collaborators survey close to 800 respondents to ascertain their key issues impacting cloud computing. Security remains the primary inhibitor to adoption with 55% of respondents identifying it as a concern, followed by regulatory compliance at 38% and vendor lock-in at 32%...
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Two-Thirds of Management Don’t Know Where Their Data Is
June 25, 2012 Added by:Headlines
“The most disturbing findings were the number of companies that report they have no way to track what data is being stored in the cloud, no process to manage access to that data (or plans to do so), and that management doesn’t know where enterprise data is stored. This should act as a wakeup call for organizations..."
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The Cloud: It’s Not About Cost
June 24, 2012 Added by:Ben Kepes
I was interested to read recently a survey that was commissioned by the Cloud Alliance. What was key for the respondents? Data security and end-user privacy were paramount. One-quarter of survey respondents in organizations with more than 200 workers listed security and privacy as their primary concerns...
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Cybercrime Does(n't?) Pay
May 14, 2012 Added by:Beau Woods
Although many studies fail at basic science, I'm hopeful that the information security industry will get better both at true academic research and at coming up with accurate metrics for the most important data. We'll get there as we mature as an industry, but it will take a while...
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SOC 2: The Customer Security Questionnaire Killer
May 07, 2012 Added by:Jon Long
User organizations figured out a long time ago that if they want confirmation of how secure their suppliers are, they have to find out for themselves because a sufficient third party attestation did not exist. This is also where the challenge to service auditors is...
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ENISA: Cyber Exercise Stocktaking Survey
April 30, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
As cyber crises occur on larger scales, managing them effectively requires international cooperation. ENISA would like to take stock of national and international cyber exercise efforts worldwide. The result of this project will be a global map of cyber exercises...
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Malware Development Exceeding IT Security Capabilities
March 16, 2012 Added by:Headlines
"Organizations that do plan to beef up their security capabilities will have a difficult time this year. Just under half believe it will be harder this year than in the past to find malware analysts and a similar number state they will have less time to train analysts this year..."
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ENISA: Inventory of Public Sources on Information Security
March 16, 2012 Added by:Infosec Island Admin
ENISA has launched a stock taking exercise using a questionnaire to establish an Inventory of publicly available sources on Information Security. Therefore, collection and aggregation of existing data and sources is an effective tool to raise information security...
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Participate in the Infosec Career Attitudes Survey
January 11, 2012 Added by:Jack Daniel
This specific survey was selected because it is a standard measurement recognized by folks who study such things; this means aggregated results can be used for comparison with other professions (where there is survey data available) and averages...
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PwC’s Economic Crime Survey Focuses on Cybercrime
November 30, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Many executives have yet to seize upon the serious nature of the cybercrime threat. Cybercrime has emerged as a formidable threat, thanks to deeply determined, highly skilled, and well-organized cybercriminals, from nation states to hacktivists, from criminal gangs to lone-wolf perpetrators..."
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Small Business Slow to Adopt Data Backup Systems
September 29, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Business owners will need to understand what the cloud is and what it can do for their businesses in the areas of cost control, data security, data protection, accessibility, efficiency and productivity to facilitate a smooth running technological platform for their business..."
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- SecurityWeek Names Ryan Naraine as Editor-at-Large
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