U.S. CRITICAL SYSTEMS REGULARLY BREACHED

Survey Reveals Majority Of Critical Infrastructure Providers Have Been Breached

July 11, 2014 (Renew Grid)

"Nearly 70% of companies that are responsible for the world's power, water and other critical functions have reported at least one security breach that led to the loss of confidential information or disruption of operations in the past 12 months, according to [ Critical Infrastructure: Security Preparedness and Maturity by the Poneman Institute and Unisys Corp.,]...In a survey of 599 security executives at utility, oil and gas, energy, and manufacturing companies, 64% of respondents said they anticipated one or more serious attacks in the coming year. Despite this risk, only 28% ranked security as one of the top five strategic priorities for their organization, while a majority named their top business priority as minimizing downtime…Only one in six respondents described their organization's IT security program or activities as mature. Respondents who reported suffering a data breach within the past year most often attributed these breaches to an internal accident or mistake, and negligent insiders were the most cited threat to company security…[but] only 6% of respondents said they provide cybersecurity training for all employees..." click here for more

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