Employee Computer Network Sabotage a Top Business Concern

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Virus attacks and service denial have replaced the theft of proprietary information as the No. 1 financial loss related to computer intrusion and computer crime within U.S. corporations, government, financial and medical institutions, and universities. However, many companies have stopped reporting computer intrusions to law enforcement officials because owners and managers fear negative publicity.

The San Francisco Federal Bureau of Investigation's Computer Intrusion Squad compiled the statistics as part of its 2004 ninth annual Computer Crime and Security Survey results, based on 494 nationwide responses from computer security managers.

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Employee Computer Network Sabotage a Top Business Concern

Other key findings: 55 percent of those reporting use a return on investment calculation to evaluate security expenses; more than 80 percent of the organizations conduct security audits; the majority of organizations do not outsource computer security activities; and most organizations beli...

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