A survey released today by risk and compliance management vendor nCircle reports that nearly two-thirds of 83 IT security professionals it surveyed believe their own personal data is less secure than it was two years ago. According to nCircle, the “full poll results” consisted of only one question: “Do you think your personal confidential information is more or less secure than it was 24 months ago?“ Total votes: 83More – 34%Less – 66% A pity they couldn’t be bothered to ask why. Seems vendors regularly conduct little surveys designed to promote their products, but some at least take it a few steps further and give some interesting details. What do we get from this survey? An assumption by nCircle’s CEO that he knows the reason why these security professionals voted the way they did:Says Abe Kleinfeld, CEO of nCircle, “Security professionals believe that their own personal data is at risk because they know that most organizations approach the problem of data security from a defensive position, one which leaves both the data and the organizations vulnerable.” Must be nice to have such tremendous insight. Maybe take a little more time with the next survey and give us something we can use.-Shawna McAlearney Related content opinion Direct Marketing Association on information security: Be safe By Robert McMillan Apr 08, 2011 3 mins Data and Information Security opinion As violence escalates, Libya cuts off the Internet By Robert McMillan Feb 18, 2011 2 mins Core Java opinion An FBI backdoor in OpenBSD? By Robert McMillan Dec 15, 2010 5 mins Data and Information Security opinion Congressional candidate says Democrats leaked his Social Security number By Robert McMillan Sep 28, 2010 1 min Data and Information Security Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe