Computer Economics IT Security Study Finds Large Firms Lag Behind.IRVINE, Calif. -- By nearly every measure, large firms lag behind mid-size organizations in IT security spending, staffing, technology, and management practices. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new Computer Economics IT security study, companies with over $750 million in annual revenues lag behind mid-size firms in IT security spending and adoption rates for security technologies. Furthermore, many companies of all sizes fail to implement a number of basic security best practices. For example, 65% of all organizations do not provide periodic security training for employees, and 67% do not conduct regular audits of desktop computers to check for unauthorized software. The study also found that, in spite of these deficiencies, most companies are not authorizing more money for security. "The median company in our study had zero increase in security spending last year, and the increases that did occur were mainly among small- and mid-size firms," said Frank Scavo, president, Computer Economics. "Security may be a hot topic, but that doesn't mean that management is willing to spend more money on it." Mark McManus Mark McManus (born 21 February 1935 in Hamilton, Scotland; died 6 June 1994 in Glasgow) was a Scottish actor best known for his portrayal of Detective Chief Inspector Jim Taggart in the long-running ITV television series Taggart. , vice president of research, added: "The budget squeeze is most evident among small firms and large firms, where roughly half of the respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. said that their security budgets are inadequate. In mid-size firms, only about a fifth of the respondents felt that way." The study, based on a survey of North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. IT security managers, analyzes information security spending, staffing, incidents, technology adoption, and best practices for large, medium, and small organizations. The full report, "2006 IT Security Study: The Current State of IT Security Budgets, Management Practices, and Security Incidents," with over 150 charts, is available for online purchase from the Computer Economics Web site at www.computereconomics.com. An executive summary is also available. About Computer Economics Founded in 1978, Computer Economics provides research and advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal on the strategic and financial management of information technology. The firm's clients include major consulting firms Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a and end-user organizations in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and over 30 countries. Its monthly newsletter, the "Computer Economics Report," first published in 1979, provides decision makers with timely insights into the management of information systems. Its "IT Spending and Technology Trends" study, published annually since 1990, is the definitive source of IT spending and staffing metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. across multiple industry sectors. Computer Economics reports are available from its Web site at www.computereconomics.com. |
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