Saturday, February 16, 2008

Mounting IT Threats Resulting in Mounting Losses – 2007 Computer Crime and Security Survey Reports Significant Upswing in Cybercrime

The 2007 Computer Security Institute (in association with the FBI) Computer Crime and Security Survey is available from the following site:

http://www.gocsi.com/

If you would rather not submit your contact details, contact David for a copy.

The survey begins with an ominous warning:

For the past five years, this survey - perhaps the most widely quoted set of statistics in the industry - has shown a drop in average estimated losses due to cybercrime. This year, however, the tide has turned and respondents have reported a significant upswing.

Though it’s wrong to project a trend from a single year’s results, and particularly from an informal survey such as this one, there is nevertheless a strong suggestion in this year’s results that mounting threats are beginning to materialize as mounting losses.