Study Publisher: CIO Magazine and PricewaterhouseCoopers
Study Date: July 2003
Study URL: http://www.csoonline.com/csoresearch/report64.html

Study Overview:
The survey was conducted online from April 15 through July 7, 2003. The results shown in this report are based on the responses of 7,596 CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CSOs, vice presidents and directors of IT and information security from 54 countries. The margin of error for this study is 1.1%.

Some additional information regarding the survey was published in this document http://www2.cio.com/research/surveyreport.cfm?id=64

Statistics From This Study:

• Authentication changes put in place to address security threats
• Industry use of password reset delegation, automated addition/deletion of user accounts, and other processes
• Percentage of attacks related to passwords and access control problems
• Percentage of organizations undertaking authentication-related strategic security initiatives
• Percentage of security events related to unauthorized entry
• Technologies or practices used to protect critical data and information systems from unauthorized access