42% of IT staff told not to speak about breaches

 

42% of IT staff is directed by management not to say that their company has been breached, according to a new report.  The U.S. was at the top of the list for many of the responses. The U.S. topped the list regarding the share of respondents who claimed they’d been told to keep a breach secret, with 71%. In other developed countries such as France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and the U.K., this figure was under the global average. When asked if they kept a breach to themselves even though they knew it should be reported, 55 % of U.S. IT experts said yes, compared to an average of 30%. This report polled 400 IT professionals in organizations with over 1000 employees.