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For the first time, a survey of information security worldwide has calculated the growth of the profession, and also charted its skills and training needs. SC Magazine was given exclusive access to the results. Illena Armstrong reports Spam has risen by 40 percent in the last three months and now averages nearly 90 per cent of all email received. Instant messaging (IM) is the fastest growing security problem facing firms today, a new survey claims. A rising number of companies are banning IM as a result of the wide-ranging security issues associated with the system. Americans release too much personal information over the phone and web, making them vulnerable to identity theft and phishing, according to a survey released by EDS and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Despite regulatory pressures and security concerns, senior corporate managers do not place enough importance on data quality, according to a survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Many IT professionals use the fear, uncertainty and denial (FUD) approach to persuade senior management to increase security, according to a survey conducted by WatchGuard Technologies. According to the latest Yankee Group 2004 Enterprise Security Services survey of US enterprises, firewalls and antivirus are the two most highly valued security technologies. The poll also found that Symantec, Cisco and Network Associates (which has since changed its trading name to McAfee) rank as the three most trusted security product vendors. Chief executives are aware of the information security risks presented by people within their companies but aren't taking action to secure the insider threat, according to a survey by Ernst & Young. Linux developers reported very few viruses or intrusions to their systems, according to a recent survey. On May 29, 2003, the Computer Security Institute (CSI) and the FBI published the results of their most recent Computer Crime and Security Survey, now in its eighth year. Nearly one-third of organizations fail to refine or reconfigure their anti-spam tools, according to an online survey conducated by Clearswift and the nonprofit privacy certification firm TRUSTe. Browser-based attacks are on the rise, according to the second annual survey on IT security and the workforce from the Computing Technology Industry Assocation (CompTIA). Security professionals have reported smaller losses from breaches. Almost 60 per cent of IT managers currently manage point solutions individually, but only 35 per cent believe this is the way security environments should be managed. According to a report by Jupiter Research (July 2001 Jupiter Executive Survey), 49.5 per cent of CIOs considered the sensitivity of their company's data as 'low.’ Companies are having their security put at risk by employees writing down or sharing their passwords according to a new survey. Companies are having their security put at risk by employees writing down or sharing their passwords according to a new survey. Security surfaced as a major concern for senior financial officers, according to a survey conducated by Computer Sciences Corporation. Reports of the demise of spyware have been greatly exaggerated. A survey conducted since January, which pointed to a decrease in spyware over the last quarter, had been interpreted as a sign it was beginning to come under some control. Not so, say Webroot, conductors of the survey. The end-of-year survey of attitudes among the SC readership provides a fascinating snapshot of our industry’s state of health. Ron Condon goes through the responses