Sixty-three percent of U.S. organizations have experienced at least one security incident or breach during the past year, according to a new study released today.
Almost half of the breached organizations classified the situation as "serious" -- meaning there was a financial threat, potential damage to the organization's reputation, or other business-critical problem, according to the Computing Technology Industry Association's (CompTIA's) 8th Annual Global Security Trends Study.
Human error is the perceived cause for 59 percent of security incidents, according to the study. Forty-one percent are perceived as technology errors. The element of human error that most contributes to security breaches? Failure of end users to comply with security policies, which was cited by 49 percent of respondents.
Almost half of those surveyed rate security as an upper level IT priority, compared to 35 percent in 2008.
The study suggests organizations continue to face traditional IT security threats: viruses, email and browser-based attacks, and user abuse. But organizations also cited many emerging challenges, including social media-based attacks, phishing, cloud computing security, and security in a mobile environment. Read more.
Almost half of the breached organizations classified the situation as "serious" -- meaning there was a financial threat, potential damage to the organization's reputation, or other business-critical problem, according to the Computing Technology Industry Association's (CompTIA's) 8th Annual Global Security Trends Study. Human error is the perceived cause for 59 percent of security incidents, according to the study. Forty-one percent are perceived as technology errors. The element of human error that most contributes to security breaches? Failure of end users to comply with security policies, which was cited by 49 percent of respondents.
Almost half of those surveyed rate security as an upper level IT priority, compared to 35 percent in 2008.
The study suggests organizations continue to face traditional IT security threats: viruses, email and browser-based attacks, and user abuse. But organizations also cited many emerging challenges, including social media-based attacks, phishing, cloud computing security, and security in a mobile environment. Read more.