[Moderator: 4 parts to this article. Please visit the URL for the full story.] Forwarded From: rio <rioat_private> http://www.informationweek.com/698/98iursk.htm Acceptable Risks In the digital economy, security breaches are inevitable. The InformationWeek/PricewaterhouseCoopers global security survey reveals how E-commerce is raising the stakes, and how far companies will go to ward off intruders By Gregory Dalton Organizations rushing to build information systems for all forms of digital commerce are realizing there's no fail-safe way to secure the free flow of data or money. It's like trying to protect the telephone system from prank callers, or trying to block spammers from clogging your messaging system. Except it's often far worse. Organizations engaged in Web commerce, electronic supply chains, and enterprise resource planning experience three times the incidents of information loss and theft of trade secrets than everybody else. Revenue loss, though not prevalent, is seven times more likely to strike Web commerce sites compared with noncommerce sites. These are two of the key findings of the 1998 InformationWeek/PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Information Security Survey fielded this summer in 50 countries and completed by 1,600 IT and security professionals. [snip...] -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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