Why CIOs are Resetting Information Security Priorities Bill Brenner CIO
The threats and challenges you face haven't changed much in the past year, but you're finding a better recipe for protecting your corporate data and networks, according to our eighth annual Global Information Security Survey."There's a real sense of tension in this year's numbers; a sense that with the change in the economy there's been a resetting of expectations," said Mark Lobel, a principal in the advisory services division of PricewaterhouseCoopers, which conducted the study on behalf of CIO and CSO magazine, a sister publication.Of the 12,847 business and technology executives surveyed worldwide, 67 percent place a priority on security procedures that help your organization minimize risk. But you realize you must make do with more targeted spending on technology and bring in outside security expertise to manage what your IT staff can't. Here's why:You want to embrace cloud computing because it makes your IT operations leaner and less expensive. But your understanding of cloud security hasn't advanced much in the last year. You have to be cautious.
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