Issues with CSI Cybercrime Survey

Pelle notices some issues with recent CSI cybercrime survey:

Many sources have commented on the latest Computer Security Institue (CSI) survey, which was done in cooperation with the FBI. These surveys are quite interesting but I question the methodology used by the various respondents to the survey to get their answers.

Agree. There is an old saying that goes something like statistics is just a sientific way of fooling people. Pelle points out that the interpretataion of CSI survey is dubious. What's more, sampling on which the survey was based is funny as well. Survey is responded to by security professionals from large organisations. This inevitably affects the results (that are then interpreted in the way outlined by Pelle). And BTW, there are two relevant papers on cyber crime surveys from Mich Kabay who happens to be a security professional and at the same time holds PhD in statistics.

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