Reports Show Internal IT Attacks Rising

FROM BANK INFO SECURITY:

Internal attacks on computer systems are overtaking external attacks at the world’s largest financial institutions.

That’s a key finding from the 2005 Global Security Survey conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. In the annual survey, 35% respondents said that in the past 12 months, they’ve suffered attacks that originated inside the organization. That’s a massive increase over the previous year’s 14%.

By comparison, 26% said they were attacked by outside sources, up from 23% the prior year….

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