Internal troubles are more worrisome than computer viruses

According to the annual survey of security and computer crimes released by the US Computer Security Institute (CSI) yesterday, internal problems have surpassed computer viruses to become the biggest threat. the secrets of the business.

The survey was conducted by 494 security experts from US corporations and government agencies. Accordingly, 59% admitted to having problems with security from within the company, while only 52% said they had faced 1 common virus in 2006. Both types of incidents are greatly reduced after reaching the peak in 2000, but this is the first time internal problems 'outrun' the virus. CSI defines these issues broadly, from abuse such as leaking or stealing corporate information, using copyrighted software or accessing pornographic websites.

Another emerging problem is the theft of laptops and mobile devices, which currently occupy the concern of 50% of respondents. This problem may soon surpass the virus to become the second largest security risk for information technology.

Experts surveyed also gave a higher number of targeted attacks, with organizations assuming they were chosen as the sole attack target. 28% of respondents said they experienced between 1 and 5 attacks, while 67% did not know if they were attacked this way or not.

Previously, corporate security and customer security were seen as separate concerns, but with '2 in 1' attacks on the Internet, that boundary was becoming blurred. The report said: ' Crime has now just attacked corporate networks while stealing customer data. Then they use this data to attack single consumers '.