文档介绍：2008
THE GLOBAL STATE OF
INFORMATION
SECURITY
Our annual global survey,
with PricewaterhouseCoopers,
of more than 7,000 senior
executives finds you’re
spending more on security.
But technology doesn’t buy
peace of mind.
A Joint Research
Project of CIO and CSO
in partnership with
Reprinted with permission of
CXO Media, Copyright ©2008
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Global Information Security
The Good N e ws
You’ve beefed up your IT security arsenal, and you’re focused
pliance. But you’re still vulnerable. Here’s why.
BY KIM S. NASH
T h e Bad N e ws
Not to be alarmist, but WAKE UP, PEOPLE!
Our information security is, in many ways, failing.
Ask the 11 alleged hackers charged in August with breaking into TJX
and other retailers by way of insecure Wi-Fi. Forty million credit and
debit card numbers were stolen. Ask the Medicaid claims processor at the
outsourcer EDS. In February she pleaded guilty to stealing Social Security
numbers and dates of birth, and selling them for
use on fake tax returns. Ask the courier hired by Reader ROI
:: Why IT tools alone don’t
the University of Utah Hospital to take backup provide security
tapes to offsite storage. One day in June, he used :: Why pliance
his own car instead of pany’s secured van. doesn’t protect you
:: Why you need to focus
The tapes, containing billing data for million more on your employees
patients, were stolen from his front seat. and your data
Or you could, as we did, ask 7,097 business and
technology executives worldwide about their security troubles. In this, our
sixth year of conducting the “Global State of Information Security” survey
with PricewaterhouseCoopers, we got an earful about the challenges,
worries and wins in security technology, process and personnel.
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