Compliance the Number One Worry for Security Bosses

Compliance with tough new regulations like the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is the top concern of a group of information security executives, followed by the growth of online fraud and threats, says a new report.

According to an article by Paul Roberts on ComputerWeekly.com, nearly 100 information security execs from financial, healthcare, technology and government fields were in New York last week for the second annual CSO Interchange conference.

Roberts says 30 percent of attendees cited regulatory compliance as their top concern, while 28 percent said the threats posed by computer worms, viruses and Trojans were the most important issue. Ten percent said end-user sloppiness was their number one worry.

Howard Schmidt, the former White House cyber-security adviser who founded the conference, told Roberts that chief security officers faced organizational challenges as they shifted from being a "necessary evil" to an integral part of the executive team. Among other things, Schmidt said CSOs need to delegate more routine IT security tasks, such as anti-virus technology management and security audits, to traditional IT staff.

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