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IT security people sleep well

  • From: Sean Donelan
  • Date: Wed Jun 02 20:38:46 2004

Survey: Despite dangers, IT personnel sleep well
By Bill Brenner, News Writer
27 May 2004 | SearchSecurity.com

Security practitioners know hackers are working overtime to attack their
networks; that they're relying on outdated and unreliable security
protocols. Despite it all, many still get a good night's rest.

Of 337 IT managers and administrators surveyed April 26-30, 32% worry
about "the next virus/worm" and an equal percentage fear "a security
breach to the enterprise's network." But 34% said they have "no worries"
at all and "sleep like a baby," according to results published this week
by a Michigan research firm.

http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci967353,00.html

And the press release
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-24-2004/0002179958&EDATE=

Two issues tied as being of prime concern to those network administrators
surveyed: 32% responded that they worry most about "the next virus/worm"
and an equal percentage answered they worry most about "a security breach
to the enterprise's network."  The big surprise was that 34% of survey
respondents said they had "no worries and sleep like a baby."