The 2003 Global Security Survey includes the results from interviews with 80 senior IT executives of the 500 largest global institutions and an analysis based on their current practices. Highlights of the 26-page report, produced by Deloitte's Global Financial Services Industry practice, include:

• Nearly 40% of respondents reported experiencing a security breach during the past year — and more attacks were from external sources rather than internal sources.
• IT security budgets, while increasing overall, are still only a single digit percentage of the overall IT budget, typically between 6-8%.
• Different regions vary according to attitudes about and the motivations for implementing security, as well as the level and sophistication of technologies and practice — for instance, Asia-Pacific companies have the lowest levels of concern regarding interoperability of different products and sign-on provisioning.

The 2004 edition of this survey is expected to be published in April 2004.

To learn more, read the complete report in the PDF file attachment below: