Data leakage is IT professionals’ top concern
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The top business challenge facing companies today is preventing data leakage, according to a survey by Infosecurity Europe, which found 69% of firms raising the issue.
How to secure collaborative and mobile working was number two at 58%, followed by how to get security right for efficient compliance. Other top issues were implementing security that supports more cost-efficient IT infrastructures (48%) and finding ID and access management that actually works (43%).
Mike Barwise’s blog from Infosecurity Adviser, the online forum run by the Infosecurity Europe, says: “The respondents are clearly aware of business risk from major exposures, such as data leakage and insecure remote working, but still seem to be seeking magic bullets.
“Practical solutions including future-proof security, standards compliance and secure development do not rank highly as priorities. So it seems the business/technical divide is as great as ever, and remains the limiting factor in corporate information security.”
Others in the top 10 challenges recorded are: building security flexible enough for future change (42%); improving the security of IT architectures and strategies (39%); getting security to help IT become more agile and closer aligned with future business needs and growth (31%); security in new or emerging markets where infrastructure and networks are hostile (25%); and assuring common security standards with third parties (25%).
“The Infosecurity Adviser portal contains a wide variety of resources, including top-quality blogs, forums and an ‘Ask the Expert’ panel that enables computer users to share the latest information on how to deal with infosecurity issues,” comments Barwise.
