NEW DELHI: It is insider threats and emerging web-based attacks that are presenting nightmares for directors of IT firms than just the hacking menace, reveals a recent survey.
More than 80 per cent of the 103 IT directors surveyed felt that insider threats which are defined as either unintentional data leakage or deliberate data theft, as the biggest problem to their respective organisations.
According to the survey conducted by US-listed Secure Computing Corporation, only less than one in five respondents said that external threats posed by hackers are more dangerous.
About 37 per cent of the respondents had experienced leakage of sensitive information in the past year. Further, internal security is found to be the top priority for the directors.
The survey was conducted among senior attendees at the Infosecurity Europe exhibition last month. Among the respondents, 34 per cent said e-mail is the biggest current security threat, followed by Voice over IP (25 per cent) and web surfing (21 per cent).
However, four in five directors surveyed felt that they could be better prepared for web-borne threats. In terms of external threats, malware is found to be the major headache for about 56 per cent of the directors whereas only 22 per cent are concerned about hacking. Moreover, 31 per cent of the respondents felt that viruses pose a big threat followed by spam (18 per cent) and data leaks (14 per cent). The survey showed that the biggest budgets would be spent on strengthening internal security, with 35 per cent of IT directors identifying it as their priority for planned investment.
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