The report offers important insights into computer security vulnerabilities. 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 attach is now equal to the number of respondents citing internal systems a s frequent point of attack. This trend was reinforced by another piece of data. 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 of information security, the dramatic increase in quantified dollar losses indicates otherwise. Robert Walsh, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI's San Francisco office agreed that the dollar losses as reflected in this year's survey are a matter of grave concern.