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Firms 'don't trust software safety'
04 Jun 2010
More
than half of IT professionals do not trust commercial software to fend
off attacks from hackers, a study has revealed.
A total 56% of 300 computer sector workers polled said they believe the
flaws could leave the software susceptible to being hacked.
An even greater proportion (83%) thought commercial software had
security flaws of some kind - even if they were unlikely to be exploited
- and said they are spending heavily on penetration and code testing of
their IT resources.
While the testing can be an expensive process, the companies said it
helps build security into their software installations and gives them
peace of mind.
Despite the extra cash spent on in-house security, the study, by Fortify
Software, found that 31% of those surveyed admitted to being victims of
hackers.
As many as 50% of IT security professionals also admitted to hacking
their own systems. Three-quarters of them said they did it to test the
strength of their own network's defences, 13% were just having "fun" or
did it out of curiosity and 3% have targeted their competition.
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