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Enterprises to Spend More on Network Security|
- By CXOtoday Staff, Aug 30, 2007 1944 hrs IST
- Tags : Spending on Network Security to Increase Report
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A research conducted by Cisco, examining mobile workers' security behavior with regard to corporate security and its impact on businesses, has revealed widespread plans by companies to increase security spending by as much as 20% next year to protect expanding wireless networks and the growing numbers of mobile employees who access them.
The latest research builds on findings released earlier this month spotlighting the growing trend of mobile employees and how their security behavior can heighten risks for business' IT organizations, as they connect to corporate networks and carry sensitive information outside office walls.
While previous findings involve more than 700 mobile employees in 7 countries where wireless and mobility technologies are widely adopted, the additional findings reveal spending plans and business drivers for more than 700 IT decision makers who work in those same nations: the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, China, India, South Korea, and Singapore.
The global study (conducted this spring by InsightExpress, an independent market research firm) explored what's driving IT to invest more heavily in securing connected business infrastructures and deduced that their plans are driven by various business trends, such as regulatory compliance and strategic mobility initiatives, as well as the greater risks associated with increased collaboration among customers, vendors, and partners.
"Businesses today are boosting productivity and corporate agility by enabling more employees to connect to the corporate network via mobile technologies. Hence, employees' awareness and behaviors relating to mobile security are the crucial factors in protecting information and assets." said John N. Stewart, chief security officer of Cisco.
Apart from the ever-present nature of security threats and behavioral concerns of mobile employees, the research also revealed business-related reasons for increase in spending, such as - regulatory compliance, increase in mobile workforce (69% of Indian IT respondents agreed with this), corporate growth and increase in hiring, capital expense loss and theft.
According to Ben Gibson, director (mobility solutions) of Cisco, the research provides an opportunity for IT to reassess its relationship with increasingly mobile user bases and consider new ways to minimize spending.
Related Links:
Security: A Challenge for Indian CIOs
Security on the Rise in Indian Enterprises
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