1. Are we finally listening?
It feels like every time we turn around there’s a new massive security breach being reported. But maybe the message is getting through that no one is safe and we’d better shore up our defenses. The study showed that 55 percent of IT professionals surveyed said their organizations did not experience any security breaches in 2015, compared to 29 percent who did. And nearly one-third said the number of IT security incidents their organizations experienced decreased in 2015; only 20 percent reported an increase.
It feels like every time we turn around there’s a new massive security breach being reported. But maybe the message is getting through that no one is safe and we’d better shore up our defenses. The study showed that 55 percent of IT professionals surveyed said their organizations did not experience any security breaches in 2015, compared to 29 percent who did. And nearly one-third said the number of IT security incidents their organizations experienced decreased in 2015; only 20 percent reported an increase.