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Real Threat is From Within
Reports New NetVital Security Survey
Clearwater, Florida, April 9, 2026 -- Hackers aren’t the greatest danger at most companies, it’s the insiders. The best firewall is vulnerable to plain old employee incompetence, and company security policies are poorly enforced at most companies, leaving their key information vulnerable to internal attack. Startling news? There’s much more in the NetVital Survey on Network Security. The complete analysis of this online survey of over 500 Information Technology (IT) professionals is now available at http://www.netversant.com/hotinfo/index.html.
The poll reports little concern about inappropriate employee web accesses and email abuses, and concerns about e-commerce rank very low. "Much of this data violates conventional wisdom, but then that’s why we’re going into the IT community every other week to get the real picture and sharing it with our panelists," said Mike Siewruk, President and CEO of NetVersant Technologies, the survey sponsor.
The survey received net-wide coverage on ZDNet AnchorDesk with Jesse Berst (circulation: 1.5 million). Annette Hamilton, executive producer of ZDNet AnchorDesk comments, "As a research analyst, I found the quality of the survey results impressive." She adds, "Network security issues are critical, and companies need to know where they are **really** at risk. Once Jesse and I reviewed the data, we made the decision to go to press quickly. The industry benefits from this type of timely information on IT issues."
The NetVital Survey is conducted by World Research, a pioneer in online surveying. Michael Bach, President and Founder of World Research, reports that nearly 40% of the registered panelists responded to the survey invitation. "This level of response is phenomenal. We’re extremely gratified that so many panelists chose to participate. It’s apparent the IT community wants to be heard."
The Survey launches a new topic every other week to a panel of over 2,000 IT professionals. Membership in the panel is free, and panelists who fill out surveys are given first access to the results. Upcoming topics include IT Issues, Workstation Cloning, Year 2000 Impact, Data Chains, Web-based Network Management, Effectiveness of Formal Training, Role of Java, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Zero Administration vs. Network Terminals.
World Research is a high tech market research firm based in the Silicon Valley. As the owner of the Internet domain www.survey.com, they were one of the first firms to recognize the value of online surveys and Internet polling. World Research has completed projects using E-mail surveys, Web surveys, and Internet polling. World Research Inc. is located at 6455 Almaden Expressway Suite 102, San Jose, CA. 95120. Phone: 408-323-9240 Fax: 408-323-8507. Email: info@survey.com. For more information, www.survey.com. Clients include Netscape (Nasdaq: NSCP), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW), CMPnet (Nasdaq: CMPX), Earthink Network (Nasdaq: ELNK) and Canon Computer Systems, Inc. (CCSI).
NetVersant Technologies, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, markets select brands of software tools and utilities to IS / IT professionals in the corporate, government, and educational markets, specializing in site licenses and volume license agreements. NetVersant Technologies, Inc., is located at 13577 Feather Sound Drive Building II, Suite 450, Clearwater, Florida, 33762. Phone: 800-274-6065; Fax: 813-299-0444; Email: info@netversant.com. Web address: www.netversant.com. NetVersant clients include Boeing, North America (NYSE: BA), Computer Associates International (NYSE: CA), Corning (NYSE: GLW), Digital Equipment Corporation (NYSE: DEC), Sigma Chemical (Nasdaq: SIAL), U.S. Air Force, Internal Revenue Service, and the U.S. Army. Information can also be obtained through Excite (Nasdaq: XCIT), Infoseek (Nasdaq: SEEK), Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS), and Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO).