The 2007 State of Security Report surveyed 158 employees and 159 IT managers from Australian companies with more than 50 staff. 59 percent of surveyed companies do not block peer-to-peer file sharing, while 47 percent do not enforce Internet usage policies through filtering applications. Phishing scams listed as the biggest threat (58 percent), followed by spyware (56 percent) and instant messaging (51 percent) Lost banking details and credit card numbers are considered worse than having company data stolen (17 percent), according to end-user responses.”]

