Survey: Most Organizations Lack Controls to Stop Interior Network Threats
IT security issues continue to be a major effort for organizations of all sizes and industries. Initially, securing an organization’s network was heavily focused on perimeter security such as firewalls. A recent survey conducted by Mirage Networks (Austin, TX) shows that IT departments of all sizes have serious concerns about controlling network access with most organizations lacking controls to stop interior threats.
This report is based on an online survey that examined the current attitudes regarding controlling access to an organization’s network. Findings include:
- 86% of respondents indicated that controlling network access was very important or important compared to other security issues
- 45% of respondents were not confident or only somewhat confident they know of every endpoint that connects to their network
- For those respondents with plans to deploy Microsoft NAP, the most common security solutions to integrate with are NAC (69%) followed by intrusion detection/prevention (55%)
- More than half of respondents (51%) are concerned about job loss in the case of a security breach on their network
- 43% are either unsure or do not believe their organization focuses their network access policies and controls on the greatest areas of business risks to their organization
- 87% of respondents indicated standards are important or very important in deploying a Network Access Control (NAC) solution.
Controlling network access is one of the highest priorities in all organizations but deploying the appropriate technology is being hindered to some extent by a lack of focus on policy, and is often being driven by operations or security departments and not by the business units. Despite organizational obstacles, the recognized need is highlighting a gap in most security architectures where NAC solutions could be filling that gap. To view the report click here.
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