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Subject: [ISN] Utilities ignorant of IT security despite pounding by hackers: Ponemon
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2014-07-30 10:02:54
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1407301002400.7955 () infosecnews ! org
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http://www.cso.com.au/article/551228/utilities_ignorant_it_security_despite_pounding_by_hackers_ponemon/
By David Braue
CSO Online (Australia)
30 July, 2014
Security pundits have warned of the imminent hacking threat to critical
infrastructure providers, but a new Ponemon Institute survey of
infrastructure operators suggests the threat is already here.
The survey found 86 per cent of executives reporting they suffered at
least one security breach, leading to a loss of confidential information
or disruption of their operations, over the past 12 months.
The A/NZ figure was considerably higher than the nearly 70 per cent of
executives globally reporting an attack, suggesting that this region has
fallen behind the world in terms of data protection. Fully 24 per cent of
respondents said the security breaches were due to an insider attack, or
to negligent privileged IT users.
Despite such a high rate of security incidents, only 17 per cent of
companies in the Critical Infrastructure: Security Preparedness and
Maturity report – which was sponsored by Unisys and included 599 IT and IT
security executives at infrastructure companies in 13 countries – had
deployed most of their IT security program.
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