Users Called More Stressful than Hackers
IT managers are more concerned about end-user abuse of IT systems than attacks from hackers and other threats, according to new research. The 2007 State of Security Report, sponsored by security vendor Websense Inc., surveyed 158 employees and 159 IT managers from Australian companies with more than 50 staff. Managing end-user online activity is the most frustrating part of the IT manager role, according to the survey, which found 59 percent of surveyed companies do not block peer-to-peer file sharing, while 47 percent do not enforce Internet usage policies through filtering applications. Budget constraints were the second highest concern reported by 48 percent of IT managers, followed by lax attention to security (25 percent) and ease of deployment (18 percent).