Wednesday, November 02, 2005

UK IT security weakened by compliance issues

Ken Young writes in vnunet.com:

Companies are devoting too much of their IT security budgets trying to comply with EU directives and regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley when they should be spending more on other security threats, according to the yearly security report by Ernst and Young.

The survey found that compliance is now the key driver for two thirds of firms worldwide and attracts a greater spend than efforts to reduce the impact of viruses and worms.

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