Some more facts and figures

• '95 British Business Continuity Planning Survey

  • 95% of businesses fail within 5 years of a major information technology failure - 50% never reopen

• ASIS 1995 industrial espionage survey:

  • 80% of cases with losses involve insiders
    • many company defenses assume insiders are benign

• CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey:

  • 1997: The number of organizations who perceived their Internet connection as a frequent point of attack rose from 37% in 1996 to 47% in 1997
  • 2000: More than 85% of organizations detect Internet-based attacks and reported losses are in the $billions

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