CDW-G Higher Education IT Security Report Card 2005

Academia & IT Security

Produced by: CDW Government, Inc. 2005

From press release: "Sixty-four percent of respondents say that IT security is among their top five priorities, and 69 percent report that it is the highest or a top priority for their institutions’ administrations. However, 66 percent of respondents note they are able to dedicate less than one-quarter of their time to security, citing lack of funding (50 percent) and lack of resources (12 percent) as the top two barriers to improving IT security on campus. The vast majority of respondents state that their network infrastructures are safe (41 percent) or moderately safe (44 percent), but only 5 percent assert that their network infrastructures are very safe from attack."Complete Results (PDF; 133 KB)