Survey Shows Security Programs Missing Opportunity

Sep 18, 2007 2:36 PM

The Security Executive Council has announced the results of its June/July International Security Research Database survey and the posting of the next set of survey questions online at csoexecutivecouncil.com. Each survey's results will help expand and improve the Council's International Security Research Database, a new tool with which security professionals can measure the business value of their security operations by comparing their organization to others across the globe.

The June/July survey provided interesting insights into the frequency of workplace violence incidents and methods of gathering and reporting security-related data to management. One particularly noteworthy finding: Only 31 percent of respondents overall gather security program data in order to create statistical reports to present to senior management. In contrast, 100 percent of Security Executive Council members who took the survey reported having such data-gathering programs in place.

This finding highlights the importance of the International Security Research Database. Measuring and demonstrating the value of security can enhance the influence of the security program within the organization, and the International Security Research Database can help security professionals accomplish this. The more input each survey receives, the stronger the benchmarking information the database will provide.

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