Many firms are taking at least some measures to protect data. The most common cybersecurity defense strategy is to use anti-virus software. Seventy-five percent of respondents reported that they used some type of anti-virus software in their firms. The next most commonly deployed measures were firewalls and e-mail spam and phishing protection, reported to be in use at 58 percent of the firms that responded. Some admitted taking absolutely no deliberate measures to protect their electronic data. Firms using Macintosh computers believed they did not need to take any additional measures beyond using computers believed to be more secure than Window-based systems. Read More
