The State of IT Security and Budgets at Midmarket Companies
More than half of executives believe that security breaches within their organizations have increased during the last year.
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27 percent of executives said their organizations suffered a breach by unauthorized internal access in the last year.
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20 percent reported experiencing an external breach during the same time period.
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21 percent of those surveyed said their organizations suffered from identity and privilege abuse due to a breach.
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19 percent reported experiencing business interruption as a result of a breach.
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Another 19 percent suffered an unwanted disclosure due to a breach.
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And 13 percent of organizations said they saw unsafe transactions due to a breach.
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Meanwhile 28 percent faced the wrath of compliance auditors due to their security incidents.
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Only about 29 percent of business leaders and 27 percent of technology leaders said they were very well defended against security threats.
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At the same time, 70 percent of executives said the complexity of risks have increased.
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48 percent of executives reported that their security budgets will increase in 2012.