Hard to Believe: Cybercrime A Mystery to Senior Executives?

July 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Despite all the news accounts about cybercrime, a study reveals the majority of responding information technology professionals believes that their companies’ senior managers still do not comprehend the threat posed by cybercriminals.

“There is plenty of evidence that cybercriminal activity is flourishing,” asserts Seattle business-performance consultant Terry Corbell.

“I see a ton of cybercrime data, but 81 percent of the responding 591 IT pros believes management remains unaware about the dangers to their firms when it comes to Internet security,” he adds.

Mr. Corbell is referring to a study conducted by the Ponemon Institute for NetWitness.

“Not only did it involve opinions about CEOs, the same fears were attributed to a lack of understanding by government agencies,” explains the profit professional.

The study reports other red flags: 83 percent said their organization has been a recent target of advanced threats, and 41 percent said they were frequently attacked.

“Our experience confirms the validity of these statistics,” confirms a noted IT security consultant, Dr. Stan Stahl of Citadel Information Group, Inc. in Los Angeles.

“The cybercrime problem is only going to get worse as more and more small and medium size businesses fall victim to online bank fraud,” adds Dr. Stahl.

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As The New York Times referred to him in "Been There... Done That... Here's How", Terry Corbell has more than 30 years experience as a profit professional and business-performance consultant.

He is managing member of CMS Associates LLC, http://www.cmsassociatesllc.com and publishes his business-coaching columns at The Biz Coach: http://www.bizcoachinfo.com.

The Biz Coach is also published online at the Money News page of CBS-TV Seattle affiliate, KIRO – the “National 2009 Edward R. Murrow Winner for Overall Excellence.”

His memberships:

Society of American Business Editors and Writers (www.sabew.org)

Consultants West (www.consultantswest.com)