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Monday, July 30, 2007
Survey: Zero-Day Bugs Biggest Concern
Zero-day vulnerabilities are the top security concern for the majority (54 percent) of IT professionals, according to the results of an annual customer survey conducted by PatchLink Corporation, a global leader in security and vulnerability management. Seventy (70 percent) of IT managers completed fire-drill remediations within eight hours in 2007 compared to just 39 percent during the previous year. In addition, many respondents (60 percent) supplemented their vulnerability management process to include both agent- and network-based vulnerability scanning. As a result, a vast majority (99 percent) of respondents say their organizations are as secure or more secure today than they were in 2006.
“The prospect of zero-day attacks is extremely troubling for organizations of all sizes.”
“In 2003 and then again in 2004, we were hit with devastating worms that exploited vulnerabilities in different applications before we could release the patches from our home-grown deployment process,” said Jim Czyzewski, senior information systems specialist responsible for desktop patch management at MidMichigan Medical Center in Midland, Mich.
http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=130350&WT.svl=wire_1