Security breaches steadily increasing

Over 87% of Kiwi organisations report having experienced some kind of security incident, according to the 2005 New Zealand Computer Crime and Security Survey ? the first survey of its kind in this country.

The survey concludes that the number of security incidents have grown steadily from 1998 to 2004.

At the same time, 62% of respondents said that their IT staff had no security qualifications. Over 80% of respondents said that fewer than 10% of their IT staff had security qualifications.

However, local IT managers say that security qualifications alone are not going to save the day.