- Charlotte Martin and Flora Haslam
- InfoSecurity
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As more than two fifths of employees admit to having stolen confidential information, little action is being taken by employers to defend against and punish perpetrators – leaving gaping security holes
London: LogRhythm has announced the results of a survey that suggests that while businesses are growing increasingly aware of the insider threat, they still lack enforceable controls to stop and punish perpetrators. The survey of 1,000 IT professionals, conducted by OnePoll on behalf of LogRhythm, found that more than a third (36 percent) of IT professionals believe employees would access or steal confidential information, yet 38 percent do not have, or know of, any systems in place to stop employees accessing unauthorised data. Surprisingly, less than half (48 percent) regularly change passwords to stop ex-employees gaining access and the most commonly used deterrent is the threat of disciplinary action (64 percent).Just 60% of organisations have Change Management Controls in place, leaving 40% at risk from security threats or system downtime
Netwrix has released results of a new survey, which finds that a majority, 57%, of IT professionals have made undocumented changes to their IT systems that no one else knows about; while as many as 40% of organisations don’t have formal IT change management controls in place. Frequent system changes without documentation or audit processes can cause system downtime and security breaches from internal and external threats, while decreasing overall operational efficiency.To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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