The survey of more than 2,000 business technology and security professionals from eight countries uncovered ongoing concern about hackers, malicious coders, customer data breaches and identity theft. However, when asked whether their companies are more vulnerable to attacks and breaches than a year ago, the vast majority think their companies are no more vulnerable than before -- an even higher level of confidence than found in last year's survey.
Increases in security spending are expected in the coming year. "We are not surprised by the expectations that security spending will increase significantly this year," said Alastair MacWillson of Accenture. "Those companies that do security well, integrate security into everything they do. Consider, for example, online banking, which is not possible without bulletproof security."
