Current situation of IT security in companies
90 percent of corporate security managers are confident in their security measures. This seems to run deep, as only 60% said they regularly update their systems, and only 10% of Internet Explorer users use the latest version. This is shown by Cisco's "Annual Security Report 2015", as the company writes.
The new report examined both cybersecurity trends and the current situation of IT security in companies. Not only were security executives (CISOs) from 1700 companies in nine countries surveyed, but data from 70 companies and more than 800,000 users and hosts worldwide were analyzed. According to the survey, three out of four CISOs think their security tools are very or extremely effective. However, less than half of security managers worldwide use standard tools such as patching and configuration management to keep applications and systems up to date. For example, despite the well-known Heartbleed vulnerability, 56% of all installed OpenSSL versions are still more than four years old.
Companies are constantly affected by malware. The malware tries to remain undetected on the affected host in order to be able to read data in the long term. This is apparently one reason why IT security teams feel much safer than they actually are, as Cisco emphasizes.
You can download the detailed original report here request via Cisco.
