Security questionnaire

As with all of our surveys, your responses will be kept confidential and will be aggregated with your fellow readers' into a report we'll publish next month. We won't sell, trade, or lend our list of respondents to any other organization.

Security is Sun's theme for its home page this month. Tell us, if you can, if you're concerned about computer security and in general terms how your organization is repelling the malevolent.

Answer as many questions as you care to, then select "submit form" at bottom of the form.

  1. Are you worried about the security of your computer systems and networks?

    2. -Yes -No -Not my problem

  2. To your knowledge, have your computer systems or networks ever been compromised by an intruder?

    3. -Yes -No -No comment -I don't know

  3. If intruders did break in, would you admit it?

    4. -Yes -No -I wouldn't know

  4. The greatest computer and network security threats to your organization are:

    5. -Outsiders -Insiders -I don't know

  5. In general terms, describe the security precautions your organization has taken: (Check all that apply)

    6. Few or none Lecture users about passwords
    Installed security-related OS patches Used SATAN or COPS
    Use a firewall Not connected to the Internet I don't know

  6. Describe your organization's baseline data security paranoia level:

    7. Very concerned Somewhat concerned
    Neither concerned nor unconcerned Not concerned

  7. Describe your professional paranoia level:

    8. Very concerned Somewhat concerned
    Neither concerned nor unconcerned Not concerned

  8. Describe your personal paranoia level:

    9. Very concerned Somewhat concerned
    Neither concerned nor unconcerned Not concerned

  9. Do you use the program Pretty Good Privacy (PGP)?
    -Yes -No -I don't know

  10. When it comes to computer security, you consider yourself a
    -Genius -Master -Journeyman -Apprentice -Newbie

  11. The security column should focus on(check all that apply)
    Physical security
    Passwords
    Issues for Unix admin novices
    Tools for admin novices
    Issues for advanced administrators
    Advanced tools & techniques
    Alerts to recent novel attacks
    Firewalls
    Securing messages over the internet
    Cryptography
    Web issues
    Securing Solaris

  12. What security-related issues do you face?

  13. Which OS are you using...

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