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Threats to Corporate IT Outpace Security Measures

Just 38% of companies align IT security with the organizations risk appetite.

By Mary Schroeder | Updated on November 04, 2012

Threats to companies’ information security are accelerating at a significantly faster pace than the security enhancements those organizations are making, according to a recent Ernst & Young survey. Seventy-seven percent of respondents indicated an increase in external threats, and nearly half (46%) said they have noticed an increase in internal vulnerabilities.

“The bad actors are leaping ahead, and there are more of them,” says Chip Tsantes, a principal at Ernst & Young. And their motivations are different from what they were in the past.

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