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IT Security Breaches: The Costs and the Cures Todd Thibodeaux President and CEO CompTIA
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Who We Are | What We Do E DUCATION C ERTIFICATIONS A DVOCACY P HILANTHROPY
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The Usual Opening… Scary Security Headline: Oh the Humanity
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Wait, How About… Technology, Training, Teamwork Thwart Security Breach
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Setting the Stage: The Good and the Not so Good More organizations rate security a high priority; although still often viewed as an IT problem # of security breaches roughly constant; severity level trending upwards + new threats and vulnerabilities IT professionals rate human error a primary cause of many security breaches Improvements to security landscape attributed to better technology, policy and training Spending on security held up relatively well in 2010
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Forecast Prioritization of security relative to all strategic IT initiatives Prioritization of InfoSec Trends Upwards
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Changes to the Security Landscape Increasing ConcernsIncreasing Areas of Improvement Rise of social networking52% Improved technology to protect against threats 55% More reliance on Internet-based applications 50%Improved IT staff expertise41% Growing criminalization and organization of hackers 48%Improved security policies36% Greater interconnectivity of devices46% Improved ability of end-users to avoid security threats 33% Sophistication of security threats exceeding staff’s expertise 42% Improved ability to enforce security policies 24% More access points42% More exec. mgt. support of security 16%
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Many Variables to Consider More Critical No Change Less Critical
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Economic Recession Affects Security Likelihood of new internal security threat due to departing or disgruntled employees
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Elements of Human Error that Contribute to Security Breaches
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Actions Taken After Security Breaches
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Top Areas where Organizations want to Improve their Response to Security Breaches
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Security Investments that Yield Highest ROI
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Security Spend Wish List
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Wrap-up | Q&A
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