research snapshot - a corporate view of it security threats
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Vanson Bourne, Summer 2013
Interviews with 100 IT decision-makers from organisations with more than 1,000 employees, across a range of commercial sectors in the UK
Research snapshot –
A corporate view of IT Security Threats
Delivering IT security is becoming more complicated…
Source: Vanson BourneOrganisations who feel that delivering IT security is a more complicated task than previously
Seven in ten organisations acknowledge that delivering
IT security is more complicated than before
Organisations who have increased
their spend on IT security are twice as likely to find delivering IT security
more complicated than previously, when compared with organisations who have not increased their spend 82% 41%
Increased spend on IT security
Not increased spend on IT security
Security protocols and security
providers/partners
Neither
70% 46%
Organisations who do not have a formal process for reviewing their
security protocols and security
providers/partners are less likely to be aware of the challenges of
delivering IT security, compared to organisations who do have formal
process in place
Source: Vanson BourneOrganisations who do not feel they are 100% protected against security threats
…With many organisations exposed to security threats
On average eight in ten organisations do not feel that
they are 100% protected against security threats
Enterprise organisations are most likely to feel that they are not
completely protected against security threats, with nine in ten reporting
as such
Medium-sized organisations
Enterprise organisations
90% 72%
RD&T
64% 88%
Although finance organisations are the most likely to be confident that they are protected against all
security threats, almost two thirds of organisations in this sector are still not protected
Services & Utilities
84%
Finance Manufacturing
88%
Malware as a threat to IT security
Source: Vanson BourneOrganisations perceived threats to IT security (malware)
Eight in
ten
One in
ten
Eight in ten organisations feel that malware provides a
threat to IT security…
… Yet only one in ten are entirely confident that their
organisation is protected from malware issues
Organisations who have increased their spend on IT security are almost three times more likely to feel completely
protected against malware, compared to organisations who have not increased
their spending
19% 7%Increased spend on IT
securityNot increased spend on IT security
Finance
20%8%
Finance organisations are half as likely to be entirely protected against malware issues
than organisation in the services and utilities sector
Services & Utilities
The use of personal cloud storage presents IT security
threats to seven in ten organisations
Source: Vanson BourneOrganisations perceived threats to IT security (personal cloud storage)
Less than one in ten enterprise organisations are entirely confident that they have the necessary control and protection in place to completely
remove any threats from personal cloud storage
RD&TManufacturing
Medium-sized organisations
Services & Utilities
Enterprise organisations Finance
8% 12%
76% 68% 68% 68%
More than three quarters of organisations in the finance sector feel that the use of personal cloud
storage presents IT security threats
Personal cloud storage as a threat to IT security
Source: Vanson BourneOrganisations knowledge of previous cyber threats and attacks they have faced
But are organisations aware of cyber threats and attacks?
Three quarters of organisations agree that they cannot be 100% certain they know of every cyber threat or
attack they have faced
75%
Organisations who spend less than 5% of their IT budget on security are most likely to feel that they
cannot be 100% certain they know of all cyber threats and attacks they have faced
83%
Spend less than 5% of IT budget on security
73%
Spend 5% - 10% of IT budget on security
69%
Spend more than 10% of IT budget on security Enterprise
organisations RD&T
84%
84%
More than eight in ten enterprise size organisations and organisations in
the retail, distribution and transport sector are not certain they know of all cyber threats and attacks they faced
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Research snapshot –
A corporate view of IT Security Threats
Vanson Bourne, Summer 2013