Business management remains skeptical of the benefits of
security spending on employee
awareness training. Remote employees are more likely to be out of the loop on
security risks than their cubicled counterparts.
Mobile devices are vulnerable. Human error, alas, combined with technical glitches -- doh! -- remains the main cause of severe
information security breaches. And the severity of
IT security breaches is rising, even as the prevalence among U.S. firms has declined, suggesting the life of a
security pro is as harried as ever.
Information security teams have plenty to grouse about, according to a survey of more than 1,500 IT security professionals by The Computing Technology Industry Association Inc. (CompTIA), the business technology trade group.
But money for security, it appears, is less of an issue in 2009, at least relative to other areas of IT. According to the CompTIA study, spending on information security processes, training and especially technologies is expected to increase approximately 20% to 25% globally, with India and China outpacing the U.S. and the U.K. The upswing comes at a time when IT budgets overall are expected by market watchers such as Gartner Inc. to decline worldwide in 2009. (Our...
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