Security Friction

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PREPARED FOR: Joe Computerguy Computer Business Inc. 2014-03-21

Business Responses Only

Business Satisfaction with IT Security

Computer Business Inc.

# of Employees

37 6

# of Responses

6 37

Response Rate

100.0%

Business satisfaction is defined as confidence in important security areas and minimal friction for business processes.

Security Importance and Confidence

Security Friction Address high friction areas with the business and modify security practices as necessary.

Identify the business perspective on security importance and confidence at the department and organizational level. Low importance scores for "My Department" might reflect under-valuing their own day-to-day security practices. Similarly, low confidence scores might reveal hidden vulnerabilities (e.g., staff sharing passwords).

Security Friction Overall Overall, how much friction do IT security practices create for business processes?

Importance and Confidence for Overall Security

Friction for the Business

Average

Overall, how important is IT security to your organization/department?

Importance to the Organization

Average

50%

50%

Importance to My Department

High

63% Average

50%

50%

Medium

17%

83%

33%

50%

Confidence in Security for My Department

33%

72%

33%

Low

33%

17%

50%

Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) 50%

33%

17%

Desktop Computing High

70% Average

33%

Minimal Friction

How much do the IT security practices in these areas create friction for business processes?

Average

17%

Moderate Friction

Security Friction Detailed Breakdown

Overall, how confident are you in the existing IT security practices for your organization/department?

Confidence in the Organization's Overall Security

58%

Significant Friction

65%

50%

50%

Regulatory Compliance 33%

Medium

33%

33%

Data Access/Integrity Minimal Friction

Low

Moderate Friction

Significant Friction

Importance vs. Confidence Detailed Breakdown

Responsibility for Security Governance

Target improvement efforts on areas with high Confidence Shortfalls (i.e., confidence lower than importance). How important are IT security practices in these areas?

Shared IT-business responsibility for security governance (e.g., risk analysis) leads to better alignment and greater understanding of risk tolerance, security priorities, and acceptable security practices.

How confident are you in the existing IT security practices in these areas?

Who should have responsibility for these IT security governance areas?

Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) Desktop Computing Importance Confidence Confidence Shortfall

Regulatory Compliance Data Access/Integrity

67% 62% 58% 70% 65% 70% 70% 57%

IT

Joint Responsibility

Business

Risk Analysis/Risk Tolerance Policy and Process Creation Compliance Management Security Culture 13.3%

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IT Responses Only

IT Satisfaction with IT Security

Computer Business Inc.

# of Employees

18 3

# of Responses

3 18

Response Rate

100.0%

Business satisfaction is defined as confidence in important security areas and minimal friction for business processes.

Security Importance and Confidence

Security Friction Address high friction areas with the business and modify security practices as necessary.

Identify the business perspective on security importance and confidence at the department and organizational level. Low importance scores for "My Department" might reflect under-valuing their own day-to-day security practices. Similarly, low confidence scores might reveal hidden vulnerabilities (e.g., staff sharing passwords).

Security Friction Overall Overall, how much friction do IT security practices create for business processes?

Importance and Confidence for Overall Security

Friction for the Business

Average

Overall, how important is IT security to your organization/department?

Importance to the Organization

33%

Average

33%

33%

Importance to My Department

High

73%

Medium

Average

33%

67%

33%

67%

33%

Confidence in Security for My Department

80%

100%

Low Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) 33%

67%

67%

Desktop Computing High

60%

67%

33%

Regulatory Compliance 100%

Medium

Average

33%

Minimal Friction

How much do the IT security practices in these areas create friction for business processes?

Average

67%

Moderate Friction

Security Friction Detailed Breakdown

Overall, how confident are you in the existing IT security practices for your organization/department?

Confidence in the Organization's Overall Security

43%

Significant Friction

80%

Data Access/Integrity Minimal Friction

Low

Moderate Friction

Significant Friction

Importance vs. Confidence Detailed Breakdown

Responsibility for Security Governance

Target improvement efforts on areas with high Confidence Shortfalls (i.e., confidence lower than importance). How important are IT security practices in these areas?

Shared IT-business responsibility for security governance (e.g., risk analysis) leads to better alignment and greater understanding of risk tolerance, security priorities, and acceptable security practices.

How confident are you in the existing IT security practices in these areas?

Who should have responsibility for these IT security governance areas?

Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) Desktop Computing Importance Confidence Confidence Shortfall

Regulatory Compliance Data Access/Integrity

77% 53% 60% 60% 40% 47% 63% 63%

IT 23.3%

Joint Responsibility

Business

Risk Analysis/Risk Tolerance Policy and Process Creation Compliance Management Security Culture

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IT & Business Responses

IT-Business Alignment

# of Responses

9 55 9 55

Response Rate

100.0%

# of Employees

Computer Business Inc.

Identify gaps between IT and the business, and use that to drive alignment exercises.

Security Importance How important are IT security practices in these areas?

Security Confidence Business's Response

How confident are you in the existing IT security practices in these areas?

IT's Response

0%

100% 67%

Mobility

58% 60% 65%

Desktop Computing Regulatory Compliance

77%

40%

Data Access/Integrity

63%

GAP LEGEND

70%

0-15%

Well-Aligned

Gap%

Mobility

2%

Desktop Computing

25%

Regulatory Compliance

7%

Data Access/Integrity

Security Friction

100% 53%

62% 60%

47% 57%

Review and Consider Alignment Exercise

31+ %

Gap% 8%

70%

10%

70%

23% 7%

63%

Conduct Alignment Exercise

Responsibility for Security Governance

How much do the IT security practices in these areas create friction for business processes?

Business's Response

0% 63% 60% 52%

Desktop Computing

80%

38% 37%

Regulatory Compliance 23%

53%

Who should have responsibility for these IT security governance areas?

IT's Response

100%

Mobility

Data Access/Integrity

IT's Response

0%

10% 15%

16-30%

Business's Response

Gap%

IT

IT

Business

Joint Responsibility

Business

Gap%

3%

Risk Analysis/Risk Tolerance

17%

28%

Policy and Process Creation

17%

2%

Compliance Management

2%

30%

Security Culture

15%

Follow These Steps to Close Gaps and Improve Satisfaction 1. Meet with business users to explore scores that are misaligned – e.g., are confidence gaps due to perception only or are concerns founded in sub-optimal security practices? 2. For importance and confidence gaps, identify the root cause and review related practices. For example, if mobility confidence is low, is the underlying concern protecting data on mobile devices or preventing malware attacks? Similarly, if mobility security has a high importance score due to data concerns, then also review overall data access/integrity security concerns. 3. For security satisfaction low scores and gaps, identify the specific practices that are deemed too restrictive or cumbersome, and the underlying causes of dissatisfaction. For example, if remote access friction is actually due to usability issues with the VPN client and not security policies, then the issue may be solved by exploring alternative VPN client solutions. In other cases, it may be necessary to re-align end-user perspectives on security requirements. 4. For governance responsibility gaps, determine the potential points of friction (e.g., time commitment) to move towards joint responsibility so you can have an informed discussion of what is appropriate. For example, joint responsibility does not mean identical time commitments. In risk analysis, for example, it's still IT's responsibility to identify and present risks and mitigation options; the business role is to provide feedback on risk tolerance. 5. Leverage Info-Tech's Security Effectiveness reports for a deeper review of security practices.

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IT & Business Responses

Satisfaction by Department

Computer Business Inc.

# of Responses

9 55 9 55

Response Rate

100.0%

# of Employees

The overall Importance, Confidence, and Friction scores by department are provided below. For a detailed breakdown, see the Department View pages.

IT

Finance Importance - Organization

73.3333%

Importance - Organization

Importance - My Department

80.0%

Importance - My Department

Confidence - Organization

60.0%

Confidence - My Department Security Friction

80.0% 93.3333%

Confidence - Organization 80.0%

70.0%

Confidence - My Department

43.3333%

Security Friction

76.6667% 46.6667%

Sales Importance - Organization Importance - My Department Confidence - Organization Confidence - My Department Security Friction

46.6667% 50.0% 70.0% 53.3333% 70.0%

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Department View:

Computer Business Inc.

Finance Satisfaction with IT Security

# of Employees

3

# of Responses

3

Response Rate

100.0%

Business satisfaction is defined as confidence in important security areas and minimal friction for business processes.

Security Importance and Confidence

Security Friction Address high friction areas with the business and modify security practices as necessary.

Identify the business perspective on security importance and confidence at the department and organizational level. Low importance scores for "My Department" might reflect under-valuing their own day-to-day security

Security Friction Overall

practices. Similarly, low confidence scores might reveal hidden vulnerabilities (e.g., staff sharing passwords).

Overall, how much friction do IT security practices create for business processes?

Importance and Confidence for Overall Security

Friction for the Business

Overall, how important is IT security to your organization/department?

Importance to the Organization

Average

33%

67%

Importance to My Department

High

80%

Medium

Average

100%

33%

33%

33%

Confidence in Security for My Department

93%

Low

67%

Minimal Friction

33%

33%

33%

67%

33%

Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) Desktop Computing

High

70%

33%

67%

33%

67%

Regulatory Compliance Medium

Average

33%

47%

Moderate Friction

How much do the IT security practices in these areas create friction for business processes?

Average

33%

67%

Significant Friction

Security Friction Detailed Breakdown

Overall, how confident are you in the existing IT security practices for your organization/department?

Confidence in the Organization's Overall Security

Average

77%

Data Access/Integrity Minimal Friction

Low

Moderate Friction

Significant Friction

Importance vs. Confidence Detailed Breakdown

Responsibility for Security Governance

Target improvement efforts on areas with high Confidence Shortfalls (i.e., confidence lower than importance). How important are IT security practices in these areas?

Shared IT-business responsibility for security governance (e.g., risk analysis) leads to better alignment and greater understanding of risk tolerance, security priorities, and acceptable security practices.

How confident are you in the existing IT security practices in these areas?

Who should have responsibility for these IT security governance areas?

Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) Desktop Computing Importance Confidence Confidence Shortfall

Regulatory Compliance Data Access/Integrity

63% 67% 63% 70% 80% 63% 73% 60%

IT

Joint Responsibility

Business

Risk Analysis/Risk Tolerance Policy and Process Creation Compliance Management

16.7%

Security Culture

13.3%

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Department View:

Computer Business Inc.

Sales Satisfaction with IT Security

# of Employees

34 3

# of Responses

34 3

Response Rate

100.0%

Business satisfaction is defined as confidence in important security areas and minimal friction for business processes.

Security Importance and Confidence

Security Friction Address high friction areas with the business and modify security practices as necessary.

Identify the business perspective on security importance and confidence at the department and organizational level. Low importance scores for "My Department" might reflect under-valuing their own day-to-day security practices. Similarly, low confidence scores might reveal hidden vulnerabilities (e.g., staff sharing passwords).

Security Friction Overall Overall, how much friction do IT security practices create for business processes?

Importance and Confidence for Overall Security

Friction for the Business

Average

Overall, how important is IT security to your organization/department?

Importance to the Organization

Average

67%

33%

Importance to My Department

High

47% Average

100%

Medium

100%

67%

Confidence in Security for My Department

50%

33%

Low

67%

67%

Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) 33%

33%

33%

67%

33%

Desktop Computing High

70% Average

33%

Minimal Friction

How much do the IT security practices in these areas create friction for business processes?

Average

33%

Moderate Friction

Security Friction Detailed Breakdown

Overall, how confident are you in the existing IT security practices for your organization/department?

Confidence in the Organization's Overall Security

70%

Significant Friction

53%

Regulatory Compliance 33%

Medium

67%

Data Access/Integrity Minimal Friction

Low

Moderate Friction

Significant Friction

Importance vs. Confidence Detailed Breakdown

Responsibility for Security Governance

Target improvement efforts on areas with high Confidence Shortfalls (i.e., confidence lower than importance). How important are IT security practices in these areas?

Shared IT-business responsibility for security governance (e.g., risk analysis) leads to better alignment and greater understanding of risk tolerance, security priorities, and acceptable security practices.

How confident are you in the existing IT security practices in these areas?

Who should have responsibility for these IT security governance areas?

Mobility (Remote & Mobile Access) Desktop Computing Importance Confidence Confidence Shortfall

Regulatory Compliance Data Access/Integrity

70% 57% 53% 70% 50% 77% 67% 53%

IT 13.3%

Joint Responsibility

Business

Risk Analysis/Risk Tolerance Policy and Process Creation Compliance Management Security Culture

13.3%

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Feedback

Computer Business Inc.

# of Employees

9 55

# of Responses

9 55

Response Rate

100.0%

What is the biggest pain point in terms of IT security interfering with your work? What would you like to see done differently?

FINANCE Luke Stewart - Comment text Danny Black - Comment text Debbie Slater - Comment text

Sandy Richardson - Comment text John Robert - Comment text

IT Bob Smith - Comment text

SALES Susan Jones - Comment text

Mike Brown - Comment text Bonnie Cook - Comment text

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Scoring Methodology

Computer Business Inc.

Importance and Confidence This chart type is used to present a breakdown of responses as well as an overall average score.

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Security Friction For security friction, a high score indicates high friction, which is a negative result. Therefore a high score is color-coded as red (not green).

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Responsibility for Security Governance Security governance is improved when there is joint responsibility between IT and the business. Therefore, a middle score is a positive result and is color-coded as green.

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