SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--nCircle, the leading provider of automated security and compliance auditing solutions, today announced the results of the nCircle 2011 Smart Grid Survey. The results are based on a survey of 544 respondents in the IT security industry, including senior management, IT operations, security professionals and risk and audit managers.
When asked “Are you concerned about smart grid cyber security?”, 77% responded “yes.”
According to Tim Erlin, director of product management for nCircle: "It's not surprising that the majority of respondents is concerned. The smart grid initiative involves aggressive deployment of a network device – in this case a smart meter -- to nearly every household in America. That's quite a target surface for a Stuxnet-type attack."
The survey was conducted between March 17 and March 25, 2011. To view this survey online please visit: http://www.ncircle.com/index.php?s=news_press_2011_08-17-Survey-77-percent-of-IT-Security-Professionals-Concerned-about-Smart-Grid-Cyber-Security
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nCircle is the leading provider of automated security and compliance auditing solutions. More than 5,500 enterprises, government agencies and service providers around the world rely on nCircle's proactive solutions to manage and reduce security risk and achieve compliance on their networks. nCircle has won numerous awards for growth, innovation, customer satisfaction and technology leadership and has been ranked among the top 100 best places to work in the San Francisco Bay Area. nCircle is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with regional offices throughout the United States and in London and Toronto. Additional information about nCircle is available at www.ncircle.com.
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