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SAN FRANCISCO--- Security Survey: More Than Half of Enterprises Said They Have Disconnected Their Network in Response to a Worm Attack in 2004 |
| 2/14/2005 @ 11:02 AM
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According to a CP Secure-commissioned Amplitude Research(R) survey of 103 enterprise security decision makers and network administrators, anti-virus solutions across the board -- stand-alone appliances, network anti-virus software, desktop anti-virus software, and a combination of firewall and anti-virus appliance -- are far from protecting the enterprise against malicious content, forcing a majority of enterprise IT departments to live with vulnerabilities, contending with the aftermath of four or more outbreaks a year.
While 55% of the survey respondents said they have disconnected their network in response to a worm outbreak in 2004, 45.63% said they were 'somewhat satisfied' with their current anti-virus solution and 18.44% said they were 'very satisfied.'
"On the one hand, Enterprise security decision makers and network administrators were acknowledging how inconvenienced they were as a result of virus and worm outbreaks, and yet they were somewhat accepting of the current anti-virus solutions at their disposal," said Steve Birnkrant, CEO of Amplitude Research. "With 55% of all respondents saying that they have had to disconnect their network in response to a worm attack in 2004 and 29% of the respondents indicating that a virus or worm outbreak had a significant impact on their organization's ability to conduct business, can this really be 'as good as it gets'?"
When asked to identify the features of anti-virus solutions that enterprises would like to see improved, the respondents cited "faster virus pattern updates" and "internal detection of the virus source" as the most important.
Other findings of the survey included the following respondent information:
-- 63% said they had been attacked by traditional viruses
-- 63% said they had been attacked by worms, with 35% saying the threat of worms was 'very severe'
-- 58% said they had been attacked by Trojans
-- 45% said they had been attacked by backdoor viruses
-- 35% said they had experienced virus or worm outbreaks that were introduced internally
-- While 18.5% said they would not tolerate any network performance degradation for a virus-free environment, 29% said they would tolerate a 5% degradation, 26% a 10% degradation, 9.7% a 15% degradation, 7.76% a 20% degradation and 4.85% a 25% degradation.
The top four 'largest problems when the company is hit with a virus/worm outbreak' were:
-- Cleaning up infected desktops and servers (33%)
-- Containing the virus/worm outbreak (26.21%)
-- User complaints due to slow traffic (24.27%)
-- Disconnecting the web service, Internet connection etc. (14.56%)
"As a supplier of an anti-virus appliance featuring stream scanning technology -- an approach that contains capabilities that respondents in the survey indicated they would desire, CP Secure meets the challenges to fully protect enterprises in the fight against viruses and worms," said David Lu, CEO and Founder of CP Secure. "It's befuddling to see so many enterprises seemingly satisfied with the anti-virus approaches they currently use. Bottom line: When a superior, cost-effective approach exists, why tolerate vulnerability, inconvenience and accept threats that stop enterprises from conducting business?"
The survey was conducted over the period February 3, 2005 to February 4, 2005, with 103 completions. The margin of error was 9.64% at a 95% confidence level.
The CP Secure-commissioned Amplitude Research survey questions and responses can be downloaded at www.cpsecure.com.
Note to Media: To obtain the executive summary of the CP Secure-commissioned Amplitude Research survey, send an email to krems@kremspr.com stating your position with the news media and with the subject line "CP Secure-commissioned survey."
About Amplitude Research(R)
Based in Bingham Farms, Mich., Amplitude Research(R) (www.amplituderesearch.com) is a full-service survey research organization with blue chip clients located throughout the United States and Canada. Amplitude uses proprietary survey technologies, experienced professional services, and advanced statistical analysis to deliver Loud and Clear(TM) survey results. Through its robust online panel of IT professionals and business executives (www.panelspeak.com), and extensive use of timers and re-screening on its proprietary platform to filter the response data, Amplitude provides its clients with high-quality feedback on technology related subjects.
For more information, send an email to sales@amplituderesearch.net or call toll-free at 877-225-7950.
About CP Secure
CP Secure, Inc. was founded in 2002 by former Trend Micro executives David Lu and Shuang Ji to develop the first true plug-and-play anti-virus appliances, providing high-performance network virus protection at accessible prices. The company has a number of patents pending for its innovative stream-based, plug and play scanning technologies. CP Secure is privately held and has offices in the United States, Asia, and Europe. For more information and to test-drive the CP Secure product line, visit the company's website at www.cpsecure.com.
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