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What areas of information security do executives view as most important?-- BindView

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What areas of information security do executives view as most important?
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In a recent survey of IT executives (CIOs, VPs) in the financial services industry, BindView Corporation found that administration and access control topped the list as the most important area of information security. This was followed by anti-virus software tools as next in importance. The entire list is below. These are in order of decreasing importance, so (1) is most important and (7) is least important, on a relative scale.

  1. Administration and access control
  2. Anti-virus tools
  3. Authentication software
  4. Vulnerability assessment
  5. Intrusion detection
  6. Encryption
  7. Public Key Infrastructure
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First published on 08/12/2002

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