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Source: TheRegister.co.uk - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Security More than a quarter (25.4 per cent) of the security workforce in Europe spends most of their workday dealing with internal politics or selling security to upper management, according to early results from a new survey. The second annual workforce study from security certification and training organisation ISC(2) also found that either researching or implementing new technologies occupied the majority of time for around a third (30.1 per cent) of the 595 experienced security practitioners and managers quizzed.

According to the survey, the efforts of many in the profession to sell their value to the organisations they work for are beginning to pay off. Survey respondents were generally optimistic about levels of influence within their organizations, with a third (33.4 per cent) saying that information security’s level of influence within business units and executive management has significantly increased.

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