Converged Threats Catch Out IT Managers
Converged Threats Catch Out IT Managers
-Galaxy Research shows Australian and New Zealand Enterprise IT Managers lack confidence in software security's ability to protect -
SYDNEY, Australia 29 April - MessageLabs
The research suggests IT managers responsible
for maintaining security systems have a lower than expected
awareness of the advanced threats being used by
cybercriminals Andrew Antal
The research also
revealed the most popular web security system is software
technology with 49 percent of IT managers classifying this
method as their main security system. Although software is
the most widely used solution, it was not considered by
respondents to be highly secure. Despite its widespread
adoption, only 39 percent of respondents viewed this type of
technology as highly secure. The highest rating of security
instead went to managed services, as decided by 63 percent
of respondents. Findings from the report also
reveal: * 26 percent of those interviewed consider
instant messaging to be the messaging protocol carrying the
biggest risk to an organisation * 22 percent believe email
is the biggest risk * The platforms considered to have the
lowest risk were Bluetooth with 2 percent and SMS also with
2 percent * In terms of threats, trojans are considered
to be the highest risk at 90 percent, followed by spyware at
81 percent, bots and botnets at 70 percent and phishing at
65 percent. Antal commented, "The statistics are
interesting and these are well known areas of concern. While
IT managers have correctly recognised they are serious
threats, organisations need to become more aware of the
increased security battle to protect corporate information
as these threats merge together. Unfortunately these
criminal techniques can no longer be tackled in isolation."
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The Galaxy survey commissioned by MessageLabs was conducted
among IT Managers of large organisations throughout
Australia and New Zealand. The minimum requirement was 500
employees with email access and within each of these
organisations the interview was administered with the IT
Manager with responsibility for systems security. About
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17,000 clients ranging from small business to the Fortune
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a range of managed security services to protect, control,
encrypt and archive communications across Email, Web and
Instant Messaging. These services are delivered by
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reducing risk and providing certainty in the exchange of
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