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October - 2009 - issue > In Focus
Indian Companies Vulnerable to Internet Attacks
ST Team
The study states that India features among the top three countries in the region to be affected by vicious activities on the Internet, which aim primarily at stealing sensitive corporate information.
The Frost and Sullivan survey in 2009 found that 92 percent of the companies had security vulnerabilities and were not spending on information security. Large companies take necessary steps for data security while small companies are not worried.
“While data theft is the prime reason for attacks, 61 percent of Indian SMBs are unaware of IT security threats and 68 percent do not consider data loss as a major security threat. Unprotected infrastructure, lack of IT policies, poorly protected information, and poorly managed systems are concerns for businesses,” says Ken Schneider, CTO, Symantec.
Spam incidences are increasing and 12 percent of spam in the APJ region originates from India. Mumbai features high in the prevalence of Internet attacks, with 37 percent of its computers affected.
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