A global survey has found Canadian companies are more concerned with protecting their reputations than their global competitors when they spend on information security. “Poor information security that loses data such as customer profiles can seriously affect a company’s brand,” says Greg Murray of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The study found that 67 per cent of Canadian organizations actively engage both business and IT decision-makers in addressing information security issues, compared to 52 per cent worldwide. When it comes to overall spending, 48 per cent of companies said their information security budgets will increase in 2006, while 42 per cent said it will stay the same.