'This is ourselves under pressure'

摘要

Just as Queen and David Bowie were in 1981, chief information security officers today are under pressure. Surprise, surprise, right?rnThis year's SC Magazine Data Breach Survey (see pg. 27) revealed some interesting facts around the stressors that information security leaders shoulder, though. Yes, regulatory mandates still drive a lot of action among them and, yes, possible negative impact to the brand is a major worry for most, but, interestingly, customer demand has become another significant force.rnConsumer influence likely will remain or grow even more intense, too, some experts believe. According to last year's survey, 36 percent of the 217 respondents noted patrons as a main driver behind their shoring up of data security compared to this year's higher impact of 41.4 percent. Also, concerns over profit loss - a direct result of customers and investors losing faith in a breached organization's ability to act as a sound shepherd of personally identifiable information (PII) - remained largely constant year over year at about 40 percent.