December 12, 2008—Cybercrime and outsourcing were named top security concerns in a new study commissioned by Lumension Security and conducted independently by The Ponemon Institute.
The survey found that 50 percent of IT operations professionals viewed outsourcing as an imminent and near-time critical risk, while more than 75 percent of IT security professionals noted cybercrime a major issue -despite concerted efforts to thwart hackers in recent years. In tandem, survey results highlighted an increase in shared thinking between traditionally disparate IT functions within the organization – IT operations and IT security.
The 2008 Security Mega Trends Survey was developed to better understand if certain publicized IT risks to personal and confidential data are truly a concern for organizations in the next two years. Based on interviews with IT experts in operations and information security, the following eight mega trends rose to the top: cloud computing; virtualization; mobility and mobile devices; cybercrime; outsourcing to third parties; data breaches and the risk of identity theft; peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing and Web 2.0.
For more information, see the Lumension Security Web site.
