More than 80% of firms say they've been hacked

[Audrey McNeil <audrey () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://www.domain-b.com/management/general/20150615_hacked.html

As investigators look into the massive data breach at the federal Office of
Personnel Management, most chief financial officers around the world say
their companies also have been hacked, new research finds.

The problem is worse at small and medium-size firms because they dedicate
fewer resources to preventing data breaches.

These are some of the findings from the latest Duke University/CFO Magazine
Global Business Outlook Survey, which ended today.

More than 80 per cent of US companies indicate their systems have been
successfully hacked in an attempt to steal, change or make public important
data.

The hacks have been much more successful at smaller firms: 85 per cent of
firms with fewer than 1,000 employees indicate their systems have been
successfully penetrated, compared to about 60 per cent of larger companies.
More than 85 per cent of firms in Asia, Europe, Africa and Latin American
say they also have been hacked.

''Corporate America is an easy mark for hackers as we are repeatedly
reminded in the news,'' says John Graham, director of the survey and a
professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business. ''However, it is
not just big firms like Target that are being hit – 85 percent of smaller
firms are also under siege. No one appears safe. The situation may even be
worse than reported because many firms might not even realize that they
have been attacked."

The success rate of hacking small and medium-sized firms is a direct result
of fewer resources being dedicated to data security at these firms, Graham
said. Results show small firms are only about half as likely as large firms
to attempt a ''friendly hack'' into their own systems, to hire new data
security staff or to require data security training for employees.

The Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey has been
conducted for 77 consecutive quarters and spans the globe, making it the
world's longest-running and most comprehensive research on senior finance
executives

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