Survey: Security is by far the top spending priority for CIOs in 2015
A survey of 112 CIOs by US investment firm PiperJaffray has found that security will be the top spending priority in 2015.
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News about security spending
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Security budgets stagnant, execs must put money where their mouths are: Gartner
With IT security maturity flagging and budgets stagnant, IT project leaders must ensure they build adequate risk-management funding into project budgets from the get-go, new research into IT security budgets has suggested.
David Braue | 12 Apr | Read more
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How to have real risk management
Our coverage of the annual Global Information Security Survey conducted by CSO and CIO magazines in partnership with PwC has sparked some interesting discussions about <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/690854/are-you-an-it-security-%20leader-really-">what it takes to be a security leader</a>. Specifically, the discussion is about how organizations can move <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/article/691069/laggard-to-leader-what-it-takes-to-get-there">from being a security laggard to something better</a>. As part of those discussions, we spoke with Andy Ellis, chief security officer at Akamai Technologies. Ellis is responsible for overseeing the security architecture and compliance of the company's globally distributed network and sets the strategic direction of its security.
George V. Hulme | 02 Nov | Read more
Features about security spending
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How to optimize your security budget
The good news is that security budgets are rising broadly. The bad news? So are successful attacks. Perhaps that's why security budgets averaging $4.3 million this year represent a gain of 51% over the previous year – and that figure is nearly double the $2.2 million spent in 2010 – all according to our most recent Global Information Security Survey, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
George V. Hulme | 13 May | Read more