Security in a changing world

摘要

Every two years, the DTI surveys a thousand companies - representing a cross-section of British industry - to see how they are managing information security. The good news, according to the latest report published in April, is that things have improved. The bad news is that they are still pretty awful. Viruses and other unwanted code are still finding their way onto company networks and the threat of overseas hackers is constantly on the rise. But the biggest danger still comes from within - as staff spend their time accessing dodgy websites, sending abusive e-mails and stealing private company information.