THE SKILLS GAP

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Sources: ‘Data Breach Overview: An Executive’s Guide to Data Breach Trends in 2012’, mobistealth.com, floridatechonline.com, siliconrepublic.com, ‘Surviving the Technical Security Skills Crisis’ - Forrester Consulting on behalf of IBM, ‘IT Executives Vision’ - IDG Research Services conducted for HP for 2020 (May 12), ISC Global Information Security Workforce Study 2013

THE ISSUE

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In 2012, more than 267 million

data records were compromised in

2,644 reported incidents - up 117% over the previous year

In 2012, where insiders

were responsible for data

breaches, 56% of incidents

were accidental - the

result of user error and

inadequate training.

There are 50,000

victims of cybercrime

every hour

89% say that having qualified information security sta� is a top priority

80% believe it is di�cult to find and hire sta� that fit all requirements

92% say sta�ng issues contribute to heightened risk levels

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SECURITYIdentify and plug the security skills gap

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ATTACKHow breaches occur

Socialtactics(7%)

Privilegemisuse(5%)

Physicalattacks(10%)

Malware(69%)

Hacking(81%)

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DEFENCEMost common techniques

Intrusionprevention

Monitoringtechnologies

Dataencryption

AntivirusFirewalls

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senior IT executives are concerned about data privacy and information breaches

Hacking was the number

one breach type for the second

consecutive year in 2012⅔

The business sector accounted for

Incidents by sector Records exposed by sector

Business 60.6% 84.7%

12.6%

1.6%

1.1%

17.9%

12.0%

9.5%

Government

Education

Medical

Business

Government

Education

Medical

of information security breaches in 201285%