{"id":3907,"date":"2013-08-12T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T15:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=3907"},"modified":"2013-08-12T07:00:57","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T15:00:57","slug":"security-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/security-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared\/","title":{"rendered":"Security:  More Businesses are Aware of Security Dangers, but Many Remain Unprepared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Headline stories about &#8220;cyber warfare&#8221; and data breaches have caused more than two-thirds of businesses to elevate their focus on information security, but many of those same companies still remain unprepared should their business become a victim to a breach or security incident. \u00a0Those are the findings of a <a title=\"Protiviti security report\" href=\"http:\/\/www.protiviti.com\/en-US\/Documents\/Surveys\/2013-IT-Security-Privacy-Survey-Protiviti.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">report by Protiviti<\/a>, an IT consulting company. \u00a0(An Infographic summarizing the results of the report is<a title=\"Infographic on security\" href=\"http:\/\/www.protiviti.com\/en-US\/Documents\/Surveys\/Infographic-2013-IT-Security-Privacy-Survey-Protiviti.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> also available.<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>The main findings of the Protiviti report are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most companies view information as a strategic asset<\/li>\n<li>One quarter of companies do not have formalized data policies, like a written information security policy (WISP) or a data encryption policy<\/li>\n<li>Many companies treat all information in the same way, without trying to classify or assign data retention schedules<\/li>\n<li>Many companies are not prepared to respond to a data security incident, like a data breach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Cal Slemp bio\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/cal-slemp\/12\/810\/25\" target=\"_blank\">Cal Slemp<\/a>, managing director with Protiviti, <a title=\"Protiviti quote on cybersecurity\" href=\"http:\/\/www.protiviti.com\/en-US\/Pages\/2013-IT-Security-and-Privacy-Survey-PR.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">said that <\/a>&#8220;cyber security must continue to be a major focus for businesses, especially in light of recent high-profile security breaches. \u00a0While we\u2019re seeing a greater number of companies across a wider range of industries devote more attention and resources to improving their approach to data security, there are still a lot of businesses that are susceptible to attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/reddit.png\" alt=\"Reddit This\" title=\"Reddit This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/stumbleupon.png\" alt=\"Stumble Now!\" title=\"Stumble Now!\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/buzz.yahoo.com\/buzz?targetUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F&amp;headline=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/yahoo_buzz.png\" alt=\"Buzz This\" title=\"Buzz This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dzone.com\/links\/add.html?title=&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/dzone.png\" alt=\"Vote on DZone\" title=\"Vote on DZone\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?t=&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/facebook.png\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/delicious.com\/save?title=&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/delicious.png\" alt=\"Bookmark this on Delicious\" title=\"Bookmark this on Delicious\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dotnetkicks.com\/kick\/?title=&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/dotnetkicks.png\" alt=\"Kick It on DotNetKicks.com\" title=\"Kick It on DotNetKicks.com\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/dotnetshoutout.com\/Submit?title=&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/dotnetshoutout.png\" alt=\"Shout it\" title=\"Shout it\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F&amp;title=&amp;summary=&amp;source=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"Share on LinkedIn\" title=\"Share on LinkedIn\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/faves?add=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/technorati.png\" alt=\"Bookmark this on Technorati\" title=\"Bookmark this on Technorati\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Reading+https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/twitter.png\" alt=\"Post on Twitter\" title=\"Post on Twitter\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/buzz\/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fsecurity-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/google_buzz.png\" alt=\"Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)\" title=\"Google Buzz (aka. Google Reader)\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headline stories about &#8220;cyber warfare&#8221; and data breaches have caused more than two-thirds of businesses to elevate their focus on information security, but many of those same companies still remain unprepared should their business become a victim to a breach<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/security-more-businesses-are-aware-of-security-dangers-but-many-remain-unprepared\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}