Almost 35% of UK organisations admit they are protecting
less than a quarter of theirnetwork traffic, according to
a surveyof 1,200 IT directors and security
professionals.
The survey, conducted by information security firm
SafeNet, questioned
respondents about their data encryption and security policies. It
revealed 5%, or one in 20 UK organisations, have no security
measures at all to protect the data crossing their networks.
This compared with a similar level of 6% in the same survey last
year. However, the survey showed that the overall levels of network
protection are falling, as 34% of organisations were found to
encrypt between 1% and 25% of their data.
In comparison, 26% of organisations admitted such low security
measures in 2006, showing an 8% increase in the number of companies
not taking adequate steps to encrypt their data.
"The level of encryption required will obviously vary from
organisation to organisation, but companies should be looking to
encrypt as much network traffic as possible, if not all of it,"
said Gary Clark, vice-president at SafeNet.
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