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Monday, July 23, 2007

Worries of IT & Compliance Practitioners about Privacy and Data Security

Phil Hunt (Oracle) has created awareness (in a recent post) of the availability of a report on “What Worries IT & Compliance Practitioners Most About Privacy and Data Security?”:
"A recent study, commissioned by Oracle and conducted by privacy and information management research firm Ponemon Institute, reveals the top issues that IT and compliance professionals find most worrisome and conveys a pervasive sense of pessimism among individuals tasked with protecting sensitive corporate data."
Even if this report is only focused on corporate IT departments located in the US, I found it very useful to better understand the different views and worries that IT Practitioners and Compliance Practitioners have on privacy and data security. In particular this report compares their views in terms of issues that might occurs and adequacy of controls in various areas, along with a survey of which technologies are more likely to change to address related issues.
This report can be downloaded here.

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