Organizations need to be concerned with breaches of security from internal sourc

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Organizations need to be concerned with breaches of security from internal sources as much (if not more) as from outside sources. Employees and consultants in an organization often need sensitive information. How can the organization provide access, but still protect against improper usage of this information?

With your group, act as hired consultants and write a 1- to 2-page group report that determines what steps you would recommend for the company to ensure that their security policies are not violated. One of the CEO's goals is to keep from burdening the employees with too much overhead, so be sure to find a balance between ease of access and formal security measures. In addition, identify the individual contributions of each member of the group.

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Although over two-thirds are intending to increase their spend on IT security, all IT decision-makers surveyed are also aware of how the business is and will be, affected by internal and external policies and constraints. At present, many respondents consider the policies and strategies in figure 9 to be of high importance in preventing a security breach :

Half or more of IT decision-makers surveyed are prioritizing the setting of policies for information risk management (55%) and training new/current employees on security (50%). However, few are prioritizing BYOD security: Less than a quarter (23%) routinely update their mobile devices and a little over four in ten (44%) are instituting policies for BYOD security as a matter of high importance. Failing to prioritize BYOD security could leave their organizations vulnerable to attack. These policies and strategies are likely to be revisited over the next twelve months, as the vast majority (86%) of respondent organizations are prioritizing security over this time frame. 98% report that security will be a priority for their organization to some extent over the next year.

As a consequence of increased security threats, governments are playing a role in determining organizations

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