Faced with a seemingly endless onslaught of virulent Internet worms, spam, and e-mail scams, less than half of IT professionals report strong confidence in the security of their enterprise networks, according to the results of the 2004 InfoWorld Security Survey. The picture that emerged from a poll of more than 600 IT professionals in our June online survey was one of wariness in the face of a wide range of threats, from insecure operating systems to online "spoofing" attacks. Only 38 percent of IT professionals said they are "very confident" in their enterprise security, and a mere 8 percent said they are "extremely confident" in it. A plurality of those responding, 43 percent, said they are "somewhat confident" — hardly a ringing endorsement.
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