State of Security: What Keeps Infosec Pros Up At Night?
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If you're a security manager, you've likely got more than one problem that keeps you awake at night. On the perimeter, you've got an increasingly sophisticated base of attackers trying to get to your business data. Inside the walls, you've got a growing insider threat that may be even more dangerous. Above you, there's senior management, and below you, there's a huge base of end users who want better security. Which threads do security managers consider the most serious? How do they prioritize their defense efforts, and what are their plans for the coming year?
This InformationWeek Analytics Report, offered compliments of Symantec, details how security managers can prioritize their defense efforts and plan for the coming year.
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Table of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Research Synopsis
- This Is Your Life
- An Inside Job
- The Accidental Threat
- Likelihood Of Attack
- "Hot" Threats
- Sense Of Security
- What They're Doing About It
- What They Wish They Were Doing
- The Security Awareness Question
- Compliance Still Rules
- Getting A Quick Response
- Security's Chief Challenges
- Money Is No Object
- What The Security Department Really Needs
About the Author
Tim Wilson has been a journalist, author, and analyst in data networking and security for more than 20 years. As site editor and co-founder of Dark Reading, one of the Web's best-known destinations for security news and information, he is responsible for covering up-to-the-minute developments in IT security, including the latest attacks and vulnerability discoveries as well as emerging technologies for preventing them.
Tim's checkered past includes two stints as an industry analyst as well as a variety of editorial positions with leading industry publications, including Network Computing, InternetWeek, and CommunicationsWeek. He also served as executive editor of DataTrends Publications, launching five industry newsletters and authoring a number of special reports in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Prior to joining DataTrends, Tim was either a fighter pilot or the drummer for the rock band Rush; his memory is not entirely clear.
About the Sponsor
Symantec
Symantec is a global leader in providing security, storage and systems management solutions to help our customers—from consumers and small businesses to the largest global organizations—secure and manage their information-driven world against more risks at more points, more completely and efficiently. As the world's fourth largest independent software company, our unique focus is to eliminate risks to information, technology and processes independent of device, platform, interaction or location. Our software and services protect completely, in ways that can be managed easily and with controls that can be enforced automatically—enabling confidence wherever information is used or stored.
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