Computer and Spyware Security Scanning at high Levels
Executives are becoming more proactive in making sure their companies comply and are secure . Moreover, the rise of Web services and business collaboration has generated more vigorous discussion about security and concern about critical data falling into the wrong hands-or worse, being compromised by business partners.
Significantly, more than half of survey respondents said regulatory requirements are the primary drivers of new investments in information-security products and services. Other reasons cited include potential liability/exposure (70%), potential revenue impact (41%), and partner/vendor requirements (24%).
This year, information-security issues failed to reach the executive suite, however. Senior-level management never gave much thought to issues such as spyware and intrusion detection and disaster recovery. They simply entrusted others to take care of those things. But now, new regulations and other compliance issues suddenly have the corporate suites buzzing with interest.
Information security experts believe some peers still need to do a better job of marketing their security. For example, they could demonstrate how better security lets the company safely open up some of its systems to customers and business partners over the Internet at a fraction of the cost. In the past, whenever computer security people needed more money, they would scare the CEO with a litany of horror stories. But in lean economic times, that approach doesn't work. To be successful, security officials must talk the language of business.
They must identify risk and also quantify the potential damage to the business and propose a budget. And they have to educate senior executives about the latest happenings on the security front.
For your infrastructure, try using graphics to underscore high-, medium-, and low-level attacks identified by your firm's intrusion-detection system. Also track firewall breaches and virus infections. Read newsletters that contain brief articles on emerging security trends and legislation to keep abreast of the big stories even before they reach the major newspapers.
By keeping your senior executives educated-and hitting them with the right message at the right time, you will incrementally raise the security budget in relation to the overall IT budget, thus securing a more solide future foundation.
Some companies have paid a high price for not adequately investing in computer and spyware security. Survey participants reported that breaches result in compromised information confidentiality (13%), loss or damage to internal records (7%), lost access to customer records (7%), and compromised customer records (5%). However, these are minor when compared with the loss of business applications (49%) and network unavailability (45%). Only a handful of companies admitted to being hard-hit financially by information breaches or espionage. Half of the sites surveyed reported losses less than $100,000. Nearly a third reported no dollar losses attributed to security attacks.
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