| National study suggests many Canadian organisations are unprepared to cope with technology failure A large number of Canadian organisations may have difficulty recovering from a significant technology failure, according to the fourth annual Athabasca University / CIO Canada magazine national survey of Canadian information technology (IT) managers and professionals.
"While the security and integrity of technology networks is a serious concern in all sectors, the study found particular weakness in the health care and government sectors," said Dr. Carr. This weakness is further compounded by the finding that 35 percent of respondents feel employees will often bypass internal security systems because they find them too cumbersome. In addition, 37 percent of those responding said their organisations had experienced at least one serious breach of system security, employee privacy or customer privacy, and a further 51 percent said that serious breaches of security or privacy went unreported. Another important finding relates to employee stress levels with only 30 percent of respondents agreeing that stress relating to IT has not increased in their organisation.
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14th November 2003 •Region: N. America •Type:
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