International Computer Crime Squad s San Francisco office. The aim of this effort is to help raise the level of security awareness as well as determine the scope of computer crime in the United States. Here are some of the most intriguing results.
Security breaches detected by respondents include a diverse array of serious attacks.
And significantly, the number of respondents citing their Internet connection as a frequent point of attack is now equal to the number of respondents citing internal systems as a frequent point of attack. This trend was reinforced by another piece of data. Summary data for responses to all 1998 survey questions, and a table displaying financial losses due to various types of security breaches reported in both 1997 and 1998 accompany this press release. Patrice Rapalus, CSI director, suggests that organizations pay more attention to information security staffing and training. While companies may think that they are spending the requisite amount on information security, the dramatic increase in quantified dollar losses indicates otherwise.