Potential for Insider Attacks are Growing Concern
A survey of senior IT executives by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu reveals what is likely to keep them up at night: their employees:
The survey also revealed a shift in priorities from protecting sensitive data from attack by outsiders to addressing internal threats. An overwhelming majority of respondents, 91% are concerned about employees. Nearly 80% cited the human factor as the root cause for information security failures.
The top priority for these executives is access control:
The Deloitt survey identified identity and access management as the top operational initiative of the year, followed by regulatory compliance, security training and awareness, governance for security and disaster recovery and business continuity.
Not surprisingly, wide public attention on data breaches is helping security budgets. The breaches from the inside, like the Fidelity National database administrator who stole data and exposed 2.3 million credit and bank records (related post), really can get people's attention. Funding security is as important as funding physical plant and production supplies - you're not going to be in business long without it.
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