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Survey: Few companies addressing cyberterrorism
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:01:28 -0600 (CST)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10385230-83.html By Lance Whitney Security CNet News October 28, 2009 Cyberterrorism is on the rise around the world. But only one-third of companies are tackling it in their disaster recovery plans, says a survey released Tuesday by data center association AFCOM. Although the majority (60.9 percent) of companies questioned see cyberterrorism as a threat to be addressed, "AFCOM's 2009/2010 Data Center Trends" survey found that only 24.8 percent have adopted it in their policies and procedures manuals. Further, only 19.7 percent provide cyberterrorism training to their employees. Around 82 percent do run background checks on new hires. But that still leaves almost 20 percent of all data centers that don't perform security checks on new employees, even those working directly with personal, financial, and even military records, noted AFCOM. Cyberattacks have made the headlines over the past few years as they've become more widespread. [...] ________________________________________ Did a friend send you this? From now on, be the first to find out! Subscribe to InfoSec News http://www.infosecnews.org
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