Re: IT directors call for mandatory data breach disclosure

[Adam Shostack <adam () homeport org>]

Does anyone have a pointer to the original survey?  A search of secure
computing's UK site didn't turn anything up. (The magazine's site, not
the firewall company's site.)

Adam

On Mon, Jun 02, 2008 at 07:17:21AM +0000, security curmudgeon wrote:
| 
| 
| ---------- Forwarded message ----------
| From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>
| 
| http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2217814/disclosure-uk-breaches-should
| 
| By Ian Williams
| vnunet.com
| 29 May 2008
| 
| Nearly seven out 10 IT managers believe that data breach disclosure should 
| be compulsory in the UK, according to a survey by Secure Computing.
| 
| The security firm polled 103 directors at this year's InfoSec security 
| show in London in April.
| 
| Over 80 per cent of respondents said that data leaks by insiders, whether 
| deliberate or accidental, is at the top of their list of security woes.
| 
| Only 17 per cent cited external threats posed by cyber-criminals, such as 
| spammers and hackers, as more dangerous.
| 
| [..]
| _______________________________________________
| Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org)
| http://attrition.org/dataloss
| 
| Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring
| solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your
| traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out!
| http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml

_______________________________________________
Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org)
http://attrition.org/dataloss

Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring
solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your
traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out!
http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml