Investigation of Check Point and Ponemon found that last year 77% of organizations suffered from loss of data
Elena Vnorovscaia/ Chişinău / Moldova.ORG/ -- According to the latest research from the Ponemon Institute, 75% of UK businesses experienced some form of data loss last year. The report, sponsored by Check Point, claims the most common type of data loss was customer information (52%). These are trustworthy sources taking into consideration that these are leading research firms in the privacy and information management.
Whilst the Information Commissioner's Office would have good reason to start looking at the figures in more depth, the report - Understanding Security Complexity in 21st Century IT Environments - notes that the problem in the UK is slightly less worse than it is internationally, where the percentage of affected firms stands at 77%.
The report “Understanding Security Complexity in 21st Century IT Environments” indicated that the most common type of information subjected to unauthorized disclosure, is the information about clients (52%), intellectual property (33 %), information about employees (31%) and corporate plans (16%).
Network attacks accounted for a quarter, followed by Web 2.0 and file-sharing applications (22%), and unencrypted USB or media storage devices (19%). The introduction of Web 2.0 applications and mobile devices connected to the network, organizations are faced with the challenge of ensuring better protection of data, as well as problems of strategic management, risk control and compliance for IT (GRC - Governance, Risk and Compliance).
This level, says Check Point, highlights the need for user awareness to be implemented into data protection strategies, as people are often the first line of defense. More often it becomes clear that the majority of data loss incidents are unintentional.
Commenting on the report, Dr. Larry Ponemon, the chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute, said that, with hundreds of data loss incidents every year - both reported and unreported - it's no surprise the issues with governance, risk and compliance are being magnified.
"Data security in a modern day world means more than deploying a set of technologies to overcome these challenges. In fact, the lack of employee awareness is a primary cause in data loss incidents and is encouraging more businesses to educate their users about corporate policies in place", he explained.
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