Poor IT security costs British business billions
News The government-backed Information Security Breaches Survey 2002 has warned that companies must spend more on security systems. Several security breaches caused more than half a million pounds worth of damage, yet many companies haven't even...
[April 16, 2002, 13:00]
Security breaches down, says IT security report
News The latest Information Security Breaches Survey, published on Tuesday to coincide with the first day of the Infosecurity Europe conference, reveals that IT managers and board-level executives are trying to keep their organisations secure, with...
[April 22, 2008, 17:39]
Firms 'must do better' on IT security
News The fact that just 27 percent of companies have an IT security policy came to light earlier this year with the publication of the Information Security Breaches Survey 2002, a survey of UK companies conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
[October 16, 2002, 15:58]
Your worst security threat: Employees?
News The Information Security Breaches Survey 2002, sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry and prepared by consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, found that in small companies, 32 percent of the worst incidents were caused by insiders, but...
[April 23, 2002, 11:49]
Big Business bears brunt of security attacks
News The DTI Information Security Breaches Survey 2004 (ISBS 2004), published in full on Tuesday, showed that two-thirds of firms fell victim to a network attack in the past year. The UK business sector is suffering more hacking attacks, viruses and...
[April 27, 2004, 14:00]
Lack of reporting hits cybercrime fight
News Citing the Information Security Breaches Survey 2002, which was published at Infosec on Tuesday by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Neate noted that only 41 percent of UK companies said regarded as 'very important' the reporting of a serious incident to...
[April 25, 2002, 16:47]
Viruses: Could your business be liable?
News PricewaterhouseCoopers Information Security Breaches Survey 2002) Cost of Security Incident Response Survey, the Corporate IT Forum, December 2003 Information security incidents cost British business several billion pounds a year.
[January 6, 2004, 9:25]
UK firms still don't get security
News Viruses, hackers and spam are a growing problem for UK firms because many are failing to pay enough attention to IT security, according to the DTI Information Security Breaches Survey 2004 (ISBS 2004), which was published on Tuesday.
[April 28, 2004, 10:40]
Ignorance of IT laws threatens UK firms
News The research, contained in the Information Security Breaches Survey 2002, published in full today at the Infosec security conference in London, has found a wide lack of understanding of UK laws that protect employees and customers -- and in some...
[April 23, 2002, 16:29]
Firms to splash cash on IT security
News IDC's European Corporate Infrastructure Survey 2002 has found that security is the top priority for European chief information officers, due to growing concern over security breaches. As a result, the survey revealed, many companies are employing...
[November 26, 2002, 16:24]
Online banking: A veil of safety
News The agency releases only limited information about the data it collects on breaches and other security incidents. Security breaches have not been confined to younger, Internet-only banks like NetBank in the United States and Egg in Britain...
[May 6, 2002, 7:32]
