The Computer Security Institute (CSI) released the results of its Computer Crime & Security Survey 2007 in early October and is offering a free analysis of the research. Robert Richardson, the CSI director who leads this survey project, will discuss the findings of the 2007 survey and what they mean. He will discuss the incidence of unauthorized access, attack sources and types, financial effect on organizations and actions taken, economic decisions organizations make regarding computer security, and the way they manage the risk associated with security breaches.
Some of the key findings of the 2007 survey include:
- Average annual loss reported more than doubled, from $168,000 in last year's report to $350,424 this year. Reported losses have not been this high in the last five years
- Financial fraud overtook virus attacks as the source of the greatest financial loss. Virus losses, which had been the leading cause of loss for seven straight years, fell to second
- Of respondents who experienced security incidents, almost one-fifth said they'd suffered a "targeted attack," i.e., a malware attack aimed exclusively at an organization or group
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