I came across this report while searching for something else at work. I thought it would be good to share. It’s 36 pages, so don’t go crazy and read it all!
The survey was given to security professionals across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America in November 2015. Results are included from only those organizations with over 500 global employees. There was close to 1000 responses to the questions.
Some noteworthy items from the report(or at least what I found interesting):
- page 5, nearly a third of those surveyed report spending more than 16% of their IT budget on security.
- page 7, the USA was 5th with organizations reporting at least 1 successful cyber attack against them.
- page 24, low security awareness among employees is listed as the highest treat.
And as I read this, I think how useful this information is to a hacker. To know that, from page 9, these professionals feel that mobile devices are their least protected IT resource!! I guess I would start with the weakest link.
Mobile devices are extremely vulnerable right now especially combined with the fact that they are in the hands of employees. Over time people have been burned by viruses ruining their computers so many practice security their naturally. Phones do have antivirus apps available but their install numbers are rather low.
I’m also impressed with the amount of content available for security experts. There are so many reports to follow it is probably difficult to keep up with everything. Just today I found security-related podcasts to listen to. A good habit is probably always looking for new media to study in order to continue to learn to deal with new threats.