"Research: businesses over confident about ability to fend off hackers"

Findings of Gemalto’s fourth-annual Data Security Confidence Index show that a majority of IT professionals are overconfident in perimeter security technologies such as antivirus and firewalls. The concentration on perimeter security, however, is insufficient in fighting complex cyberattacks. According to the global survey of 1,050 IT decision makers, many companies are not prepared to protect their data in the event of a breach due to the lack of investments into sufficient security technologies that would protect against such attacks. This article further discusses the findings of this research as well as what they indicate about companies’ ability to secure their data.  

SC UK reports "Research: businesses over confident about ability to fend off hackers"