In the past year almost a quarter of enterprises (22%) experienced a security breach and 21% have faced mobile device security issues, according to a global survey of more than 3,700 IT professionals who are members of ISACA. The survey also identified that in the next 12 months, data leaks (17%) and inadvertent employee-mistakes (17%) and incidents relating to personal devices (13%) accounted for almost half the issues.

The survey released in conjunction with the new ISACA "COBIT 5 for Information Security" can help enterprises reduce their risk profile by managing security appropriately. COBIT 5 for Information Security, available from the ISACA Website is published with the objective of allowing enterprises to:

• Reduce complexity and increase cost-effectiveness
• Increase user satisfaction with information security arrangements and outcomes
• Improve integration of information security
• Inform risk decisions and risk awareness
• Reduce information security incidents

To learn more about COBIT 5 for Security, listen to the podcast I recorded with Tom Field of BankInfoSecurity last week. During the conversation, I shared the essential facts that the practitioner needs to know. You might also want to check Carol Ko's article in the Asia Cloud Forum which discuses using guidance to guard against Cloud threats.

Take a look and let me know what you think.

This blog also appear on the CA Project and Portfolio Management blog.