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Vulnerabilities in software regularly used by employees at work are the leading cause of internal cyber-security incidents in business. This was one of the conclusions drawn by the Global Corporate IT Security Risks 2013 survey, a study conducted by B2B International in collaboration with Kaspersky Lab.
Vulnerabilities in legitimate software programs are a major source of corporate computer infections and critical data leakage. Approximately 39 per cent of the survey participants said that over the past 12 months, this had been the case at least once for their organizations.
While the number of such incidents has fallen substantially since 2011 – from 47 per cent to 39 per cent – it is still high. In total, approximately 85 per cent of companies have reported internal IT security incidents, and software vulnerabilities were the single biggest cause.
The highest percentage of incidents was noted in Russia, where 51 per cent of survey respondents were affected. 43 per cent of companies based in Asia-Pacific encountered these issues, as did 38 per cent of companies in North America. Japanese companies had the lowest frequency of vulnerability-related security problems at just 29 per cent.
At the same time, 25 per cent of survey participants suffered data leakages involving company business and caused by vulnerabilities in corporate software, while 10 per cent of companies reported leakages of critical corporate data leading to financial losses.
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Vulnerabilities are ultimately the responsibility of developers, rather than companies using the software. But regardless of who is to blame, without extra protection, the company’s IT infrastructure will remain vulnerable until software developers release updates to patch these vulnerabilities.
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