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IT security spend keeps rising: Is there ROI?
Information technology security spending will apparently keep growing forever, but it’s unclear what the returns look like.
Security requirements aren’t going to go away as long as the bad guys are out there.
Canalys noted that security remains a priority for businesses even as they cut back elsewhere. Asia Pacific IT security spending will be up 9 percent in 2013 with North America growing 5 percent.
Meanwhile, medium sized businesses will grow IT security spending a 7 percent clip to hit $8.5 billion in 2017.
Link: http://www.zdnet.com/it-security-spend-keeps-rising-is-there-roi-7000019277/?s_cid=e589&ttag=e589
CISO spending priorities revealed
As to where the money is going, respondents said five areas were ‘priority one or two’ (where one is most important and five is least important).
Notable changes occur in spending priorities between 0-12 months (FY 2013) and 12-24 (FY 2014) months on data security, document security and social media security.
54% of respondents indicated spending on data security would be high priority in 2014 (up from 38% in 2013). 38% of respondents indicated spending on document security would be high priority in 2014 (more than double the 15% in 2013). 23% of respondents indicated spending on social media security would be high priority in 2014 (more than triple the 8% in 2013).
Business users visit most malicious websites, security academics find
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Study: Network Reconnaissance On Rise Posing Computer Threat
Automated credential guessing is a malicious attack in which the perpetrator uses software to guess log-in credentials of users and can inherit user specific privileges to the system, based on the identity established by the supplied credentials.
Findings show that while most companies place security emphasis on computer viruses, trojans and worms, security breaches as a result of viruses account for less than one percent of incidents. Port scanning and automated credential guessing are by far the most prevalent types of IT network security breaches among remote locations and branch offices. Remote locations typically do not have the level of security oversight and resources as a large, centralized corporate network location to combat these threats.
“Our recommendation to businesses is to apply the appropriate IT security protocols and technology that mitigate the risk of network vulnerabilities.”