September 26, 2004





Some thoughts and highlights on the Global Information Security Survey 2004 of ErnstYoung.




There are some of my thoughts and highlights that I wish to share with you about the Global Information Security Survey 2004 of Ernst&Young.





First, there is the targeted population: more than 1230 enterprises in 51 countries. 22% of them have more than 1 billion in revenues and 56% of them more than 100 millions.



One of the things that I need to point you out in this survey is what I already observed and I posted on this blog since 3 weeks. This thing is the management-based approached of security. It’s the importance of the employees as a security layer in the infrastructure of the system. Unfortunately, senior management is more trusting than prudent. This situation seems to be the root of many problems.


As many people think, one of the best security layer that enterprises can have is his employees. Ironically, this same layer can also be the weakest link. The problem is that they need to be trained and educated in there role in the infrastructure as a security layer. If you do so, you’ll have one of your strongest link; otherwise, there is a good probability that this layer would be your weakest... Read the full story...

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