Databits: IT security by the numbers

Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM

Here are the latest statistics from the Computer Security Institute FBI 2006 computer crime and security survey, now in its 11th year. The survey results are based on the responses of 616 computer security practitioners in U.S. corporations, government agencies, financial institutions, medical institutions and universities.

13%

The percentage of companies surveyed that spent 10 percent or more of their IT budgets on IT security.

$318

The amount spent on security awareness training per employee by small businesses (under $10 million in revenues)

27%

The percentage of companies that outsource 20 to 25 percent of computer security functions.

71%

The percentage of companies surveyed that do not have an external insurance policy to manage cyber-security risks.

9 OF 341

The number of surveyed companies that had 10 or more computer-based attacks on their networks.

$15,691,460

The total amount lost by companies due to computer viruses last year.

$10.6 million

The total amount lost by companies due to unauthorized access to confidential corporate information last year.

$6 million

The total amount lost by companies due to the theft of proprietary information last year.

78%

The percentage of surveyed retail companies that say that Sarbanes-Oxley has raised the level of interest in information security in their organization.

63

The number of respondents (out of 426) who say that policy and regulatory compliance will be the most critical IT security issue in the next two years.

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