Dimension Data, a global IT solutions and services provider, today announced the findings from its Network Barometer Report 2010, which compiles vulnerability information from the 235 network and security ssessments it performed for enterprises in 2009.
According to the study, more than 38 percent of network devices assessed by Dimension Data -- including routers, switches, and gateways -- exhibited security vulnerabilities, exposing their organizations to external and internal security attacks.
There was an average of 40.7 configuration best practice errors per network device, which increases the level of vulnerability, Dimension Data says. More than 17 of those configuration errors were directly related to security.
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