Top Network Security Weaknesses and Defects Identified by Janco Associates.

Pressbox (Press Release) - Top Network Security Weaknesses and Defects Identified by Janco Associates.

After reviewing 152 Security Audit programs Janco has identified the top weaknesses and defects in network security at large and mid-sized enterprises.

Park City, UT - Janco has review the detail results of 138 security audit programs conducted between September 15, 2008 and June 15, 2009 and identified the top eight defects mentioned in the audit reports. A graphic of the results can be found at http://www.e-janco.com/images/SecurityWeakness.gif.

Victor Janulaitis the CEO of Janco said, "We did not find a single company that had no security weaknesses or defects reported in their audit reports. The security weakness and defects Janco found were: 1 - Single level verification use on sensitive data (53%; 2 - public workstations connected into secure network (45%); 3 - Shared login used (25%); 4 - Client-side data validation only used for sensitive data(21%); 5 - Access point weak encryption (21%); 6 - Login not encrypted for sensitive data access (17%); 7 - Back-end encryption not utilized (12%); and 8 - Sever Management encryption not utilized (6%).

Janco has published a summary of its findings at http://www.e-janco.com/TopNetworkSecurityWeaknesses.html. The data was captured by reviewing the detail findings of the audit reports. If there was a single occurrence of the defect it was counted. Janulaitis added, "What was striking was that there are still over one quarter of all enterprises where users share logins. Interestingly, those enterprise that utilize double levels of verifications the number of shared logins drops to a value that is not statistically significant."

The core document used for the audit programs was the Janco Security Audit Program. Submission of the summary audit program was voluntary and may not be representative of all enterprises.


Janco Associates, Inc. is a management consulting firm that focuses on the infrastructure of enterprises and Management Information Systems, and on the strategic application of information technology to gain competitive business advantage.

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