Cost of Cyber Crime Study (2011)
This is the third Cost of Cyber Crime study from the Ponemon Institute, sponsored by HP Enterprise Security. This years study has a distinctly international flavour with nearly 200 organizations across various industry sectors being represented. Cyber attacks generally refer to criminal activity conducted via the Internet.
The attacks featured include stealing an organization’s intellectual property, confiscating online bank accounts, creating and distributing viruses on other computers, posting confidential business information on the Internet and disrupting a country’s critical national infrastructure. Consistent with the previous two studies, the loss or misuse of information is the most significant consequence of a cyber attack. Based on these findings, organizations need to be more vigilant in protecting their most sensitive and confidential information.
Key findings include:
- Cyber Crime continues to be costly
- They are commonplace
- Mitigation requires planning and focus
Whatever the cause organizations need to be more alert than ever to the threat posed.
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Fighting economic crime in the Financial Services Sector (PWC)
Cybercrime is a growing threat in a world where most individuals and organisations rely upon the Internet and connected technologies, opening themselves up to the risk of attack from global criminals from anywhere in the world. Against a background of rising incidents of data losses and theft, pharming, phishing, computer viruses and hacking, this PWC survey scrutinised the significance and impact of this type of economic crime and the way in which it affects organisations worldwide.
Whilst cybercrime isn’t that new for the FS sector, it is a particularly prevalent issue for FS respondents in comparison to other industry sectors and one that puts its customers, brand and reputation at significant risk. Regulators are increasingly viewing cybercrime as a key area of focus. FS organisations are expected to have appropriate systems and controls in place to fight the growing threat of cybercrime. For example, in the UK the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) has included “Data Security” within its top economic crime risks for some time.