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Importance of SecurityReleased on = March 14, 2005, 7:19 am Press Release Author = Veronica Fredriksen Industry = Software Press Release Summary = Security is a high priority for European organisations, DeveloperEye study reveals Press Release
Body = London, UK – 14th March 2005 - As networks increase
in size and complexity, security products are growing in sophistication
and security threats are becoming more ingenious. There is an increasing
awareness of external threats and Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus,
Firewalls and Network Security have become essential tools for organisations.
It is no longer the question of having the choice to use security
solutions; unfortunately it has become inevitable for the modern
organisation. Not The importance of IT security is evident in Europe as a whole. For France and the UK, all participants were using IT security solutions. For Germany and Italy, the results also revealed a strong usage with 94 percent of the Germans - and 93 percent of the Italian respondents using IT security infrastructure. The respondents
were also asked if security was a priority for their company. 84
percent of the respondents claimed that security is a priority for
their organisation. In addition, the participants also had to indulge
whether or not the priority had increased over the past 12 months.
For 78 percent of the respondents, the security priority had increased
over the past year, while 15 percent stated that The study also investigated whether the participants personally perceive security threats increasing. As expected, 74 percent explained that they personally perceive security threats as increasing. As for allocation
of IT budget to security, there are regional differences, where
some companies does not have any budget at all, while others allocate
over 15 About DeveloperEye.com: Web Site = http://www.developereye.com Contact Details
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