RSA announced the findings of its latest insider threat survey, conducted among attendees at industry events in North America and Latin America in 2008. The survey polled 417 individuals - including delegates at the RSA Conference - who confessed to their work-related security behaviors and attitudes.
The survey respondents work across a range of industries, with a heavy concentration within the financial and technology sectors. Almost half of the respondents’ job functions were in information technology. During this era of well-publicized data breaches, the results indicate that even those who should know better are not exempt from the everyday behaviors that can trigger significant risk to sensitive business information. The insider security threat in IT and financial services
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