UK businesses are struggling to enforceinformation securityas IT managers
become detached from security processes.
A survey of 100 IT managers at firms with more than 1,000
employees, commissioned by risk management and
information security firm DNV IT Global Services, found that
half of them believe colleagues are the biggest security
problem.
The survey also revealed that 40% of IT managers were unable to
adequately recall formal policy briefings over security.
And 20% questioned said they had never been formally briefed on
security policy and procedures in their organisation.
One in six respondents cited failure of leadership by senior
corporate executives as their organisation's weakest link in their
security regime.
Whilst 50% overall of IT managers believed colleagues to be the
biggest security risk, this figure rose to 64% in the retail
sector, particularly worrying for customers handing over bank card
details for purchases.
In the financial sector, 44% of IT managers saw their own
workforce as a security weak point.