{"id":1779,"date":"2004-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/2004\/11\/11\/factoids-on-security\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T11:39:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T11:39:58","slug":"factoids-on-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/2004\/11\/11\/factoids-on-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Factoids on Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most consumers (85 percent) say that they believe adopting security measures can help prevent their home computers from virus infection, but nearly half (44 percent) said &#8220;no&#8221; or &#8220;not sure&#8221; when asked if their ISP had told them how to secure their PCs.  Furthermore, 66 percent of those employed full or part-time said their employer had offered no Internet security training.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-thirds of users say they don&#8217;t get computer security training at work.<\/p>\n<p>Infosec jobs will reach an estimated 2.1 million in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Very few companies are complying with CAN-SPAM Act.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two-thirds of enterprises use commercial spam filtering software or appliances.<\/p>\n<p>One in 10 companies has not tested its disaster recovery systems in more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>Congress plans to allocate $3.6 billion for first responders in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>More than one-third of companies do not have an integrated, comprehensive BC\/DR plan.<\/p>\n<p>Coast Guard sees budget jump more than $700 million for FY 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Phishing attacks grow in number, and their prey have not wised up.<\/p>\n<p>E-mail archive software revenues doubled from 2003 to 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Survival time for unpatched Windows PCs cut in half.<\/p>\n<p>Federal IT security spending for fiscal year 2005 shows just 2 percent increase.<\/p>\n<p>Although many companies measure security performance, two-thirds don&#8217;t measure ROI for risk management.<\/p>\n<p>Product and financial-related messages rank as top spam categories for April.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. consumers identify top five potential sources of ID theft.<\/p>\n<p>Training IT staff in basic security can reduce breaches, but it&#8217;s not for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>Spim (IM Spam) messages will total 1.2 billion messages in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Worms and blended threats accounted for 43 percent of Internet attack activity between July and December 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Online consumers trust their employers more than any other organization.<\/p>\n<p>Spam will account for more than half of all e-mail messages in 2004, costing businesses billions.<\/p>\n<p>MyDoom outbreak hits specific websites, leaves rest of Net undisturbed.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly one in five U.S. consumers know a victim of online credit card fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Identity theft and fraud cost Americans some $437 million in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Most online consumers believe their passwords are secure, but almost half of them never change their passwords.<\/p>\n<p>Identity theft and credit card theft top consumer fraud fears this holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>The United States leads the world in e-commerce fraud, generating 47.8 percent of worldwide fraudulent transactions.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly three in four health care companies don&#8217;t bother to justify information security spending.<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Sam seeks IT workers with security clearance and basic programming skills.<\/p>\n<p>More digital attacks originate from Brazil than anywhere else; so far the 2003 count stands at more than 95,000 digital attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Product related e-mails account for 20 percent of all spam, but Internet related messages show biggest increase.<\/p>\n<p>Business Process Management tools gain traction in the enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>The FTC projects 210 million complaints reported to its identity theft clearinghouse by year-end 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Businesses and consumers lose more than $50 billion to identity theft over the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>A majority of U.S. companies did not have formal plans in place to handle recent blackouts in the eastern United States.<\/p>\n<p>The majority of Fortune 1000 execs are better prepared than they were two years ago to recover from a disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Message security market will grow to $1.1 billion by 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Many PDA users keep sensitive business information on their PDAs.<\/p>\n<p>More than one-third of Canadians say their personal information has been compromised online.<\/p>\n<p>Web application security products and services market to hit $1.74 billion by 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Global financial firms spend about 6 percent of their IT budgets on security; many have increased staff since 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Corporate losses caused by spam will grow from nearly 10-fold from 2003 to 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Most broadband users store confidential information on their computers but lack proper firewall protection.<\/p>\n<p>Security concerns top list of barriers for online banking.<\/p>\n<p>North America was the main source for global security incidents and attacks from the fourth quarter of 2002 through the first quarter of 2003.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. consumers to lose $73.8 billion to identity theft.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese developers see spike in security breaches.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of Web shoppers want more secure payment options.<\/p>\n<p>Storing data is the easy part; recovering data is another story.<\/p>\n<p>Klez.E attacks have dropped over last year, but the virus remains one of the most popular.<\/p>\n<p>Spam attacks increased 4 percent from February to March.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 50,000 Internet fraud incidents were reported in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly one-third identity thefts lead to credit card fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Just 42 percent of consumers think businesses handle personal information in a proper and confidential way.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly one-third of virus attacks in February can be blamed on the Klez.E worm.<\/p>\n<p>One in three companies would lose critical data or operational capability during a disaster because their recovery plans are not adequately funded.<\/p>\n<p>Digital attacks against U.S., U.K. on the rise.<\/p>\n<p>Less than half of companies have intrusion detection systems in place.<\/p>\n<p>Many IT professionals expect military forces or terrorists to launch a large-scale cyberattack within two years.<\/p>\n<p>The United States was the number-one target of hackers in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting credit card information during online purchases is of concern to 92.4 percent of Web shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>Damages from digital attacks total $8 billion in January.<\/p>\n<p>Companies rank virus threats as top security priority for 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Online auctions account for half of Internet fraud complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Fridays and weekends are prime-time for hackers.<\/p>\n<p>Retailers lose about 1 percent of transaction volume to credit card fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Three percent of online sales will be lost because of credit card fraud.<\/p>\n<p>A recent survey finds that investments in identity management technologies can pay off, but few companies are investing.<\/p>\n<p>Security and business continuity a top priority for 29 percent of companies in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>Most Web shoppers are concerned about their personal information being sold or stolen.<\/p>\n<p>Of U.K. companies that allow remote access to company networks, 52 percent are worried about security problems.<\/p>\n<p>More than 40 percent of companies spend 5 percent or more of their IT budget on security.<\/p>\n<p>Internet attacks against public and private organizations jumped 28 percent from January to June 2002.<\/p>\n<p>One in every 24 e-mail received by U.K. retailers contains a virus.<\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability scanning and assessment market will thrive as CIOs seek security help outside the organization.<\/p>\n<p>More government websites are posting privacy and security policies.<\/p>\n<p>Just 30 percent of Canadian CEOs think their security measures are effective.<\/p>\n<p>More than 80 percent of U.S. security professionals fear hacker attacks on their networks.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly one-third of companies say they don&#8217;t have adequate plans for combatting cyberterrorism.<\/p>\n<p>IT professionals fear a cyberattack by terrorists within two years.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 180,000 Internet-based attacks hit U.S. businesses in first half of 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly all consumers say disclosure is important for e-commerce websites.<\/p>\n<p>Most online consumers are willing to trade personal info for rewards.<\/p>\n<p>More than 49,000 complaints of Internet fraud filed in 2001.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 75 percent of U.S. websites have a privacy policy.<\/p>\n<p>New markets push spending on corporate protection.<\/p>\n<p>Chief security officers who report to the CFO make twice as much as those who report to the CIO.<\/p>\n<p>Most (64%) people don&#8217;t pay attention to privacy policies.<\/p>\n<p>More than two-thirds of e-retailers are taking extra precautions against fraud this year.<\/p>\n<p>Reports on inside security breaches up 7 percentage points over 2000.<\/p>\n<p>Many companies aren&#8217;t prepared for dealing with disruption.<\/p>\n<p>Most marketing companies have a CPO; nearly half use consultants.<\/p>\n<p>Employers look to employee Internet monitoring to stem liability and security issues.<\/p>\n<p>Companies spend $140 million per year worldwide to monitor employee Internet, e-mail use.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers say they are 12 times more likely to be defrauded online than offline.<\/p>\n<p>Just 16 percent of managers and IT staffers surveyed said that their companies were members of an industry consortium that addressed privacy issues.<\/p>\n<p>The secure content delivery market will reach $2 billion by 2005.<\/p>\n<p>Security breaches occur at 85% of U.S. businesses and government organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Increased awareness means that European and U.S. firms will boost security spending.<\/p>\n<p>How much depends on what companies are willing to risk.<\/p>\n<p>Increased awareness means that European and U.S. firms will boost security spending.<\/p>\n<p>How much depends on what companies are willing to risk.<\/p>\n<p>Spending on security will grow from $8.7 billion to $30.3 billion worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Consumers want companies to ask permission before taking personal data.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.csoonline.com\/metrics\/index.cfm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statistics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4266,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions\/4266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersecurityinstitute.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}