COMPUTER SECURITY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION BY MAJOR CORPORATIONS CEOs
New Business Roundtable CEO Survey Shows that Corporate America Has Strengthened Physical and Cyber Security;
Survey Demonstrates Substantial Changes in the Ways Companies Think About and Handle Security

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PR Newswire
March 1, 2004, Monday 12:46 PM Eastern Time

A new Business Roundtable CEO survey shows that America's leading companies are better prepared to deal with threats, respond to a terrorist incident, and bounce back as quickly as possible. The survey shows that CEOs have devoted more attention and resources to security issues and that companies have taken action to address security challenges.
"Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, security has become embedded into core business operations and daily activities of our companies," said C. Michael Armstrong, Chairman of Comcast and Chairman of the Roundtable's Security Task Force. "Companies are strengthening the resiliency of the nation's critical infrastructures, increasing investments in physical and cyber security, improving crisis communications and developing more extensive emergency response plans. In addition, CEOs are personally engaged in security, and more than half of the companies have made security a board-level issue.
"The private sector owns and operates 85% of the nation's critical infrastructure, and Roundtable companies are stepping up to address risks to homeland security," Armstrong added. "We are doing our part to protect employees, customers, facilities and our country."
Key findings of the survey include