Cisco Study on the outflow of corporate information
The company Cisco released its third - and final - report on the results of a global study of data leaks at a time when companies are increasingly adopting a system of working together and becoming more mobile and distributed. The new report focuses on "internal threats", ie Threats of loss of corporate information through the fault of the staff. The document, prepared in a survey of more than 2000 employees and IT professionals from Australia, Brazil, Britain, Germany, India, Italy, China, USA, France and Japan, compared the concerns of IT professionals about this kind of threats and actual deeds of staff who - Accidentally or intentionally - could undermine the credibility of the company and cause enormous damage to it.
"Blur the boundaries between work and home, as well as between private and corporate data means that data can be received, transferred, and stored vykradeny anywhere and at any time - said Cisco Chief Director of Security John Stuart (John N. Stewart). - It calls for changes in current approaches to data protection. We have everything from the largest corporation to the youngest individual user must abide in this regard discipline and keep an eye on these issues. As already mentioned, the study allowed to raise information security to a new level by focusing efforts in the areas of education, development of rules and new technologies. "
According to J. Stewart, the changes must start with the IT department. His staff must clearly understand how behavior affects the loss of data. One of the most notable results of the study is that most IT professionals think that the remaining employees are aware of the security risks and diligently protect corporate data. For example, four out of five IT professionals in China and one in two in France are convinced that in recent years, employees have learned to better protect corporate information. Meanwhile, surveys of staff told a different, forcing more sober look at the truth. While most threats to corporate information comes from the outside, the study showed that "internal threats", that is accidental or intentional disclosure of corporate information by employees would cause us not less damage than attacks from outside.
"Blur the boundaries between work and home, as well as between private and corporate data means that data can be received, transferred, and stored vykradeny anywhere and at any time - said Cisco Chief Director of Security John Stuart (John N. Stewart). - It calls for changes in current approaches to data protection. We have everything from the largest corporation to the youngest individual user must abide in this regard discipline and keep an eye on these issues. As already mentioned, the study allowed to raise information security to a new level by focusing efforts in the areas of education, development of rules and new technologies. "
According to J. Stewart, the changes must start with the IT department. His staff must clearly understand how behavior affects the loss of data. One of the most notable results of the study is that most IT professionals think that the remaining employees are aware of the security risks and diligently protect corporate data. For example, four out of five IT professionals in China and one in two in France are convinced that in recent years, employees have learned to better protect corporate information. Meanwhile, surveys of staff told a different, forcing more sober look at the truth. While most threats to corporate information comes from the outside, the study showed that "internal threats", that is accidental or intentional disclosure of corporate information by employees would cause us not less damage than attacks from outside.
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