CIOs spending more time on security

2013-04-04

Helen Martin

Virus Bulletin, UK

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Survey finds 37% of CIOs spending more time managing security.

A recent survey of 100 UK CIOs has found that four in 10 have increased their company’s security budget compared to three years ago – and of those, more than a half (55%) have increased it by more than 25%. On average, CIOs report that they spend almost a quarter of their time managing IT security, with 37% saying the time they spend managing security has increased ‘somewhat’ or ‘significantly’ compared with three years ago. The survey, conducted on behalf of recruitment agency Robert Half Technology, found that more than three quarters of CIOs consider managing IT security to be challenging for their business.

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