It's Time To Clamp Down
Businesses are tuned in to the problem. In this year's Global Security Survey, 71% of the 4,900 executives, security professionals, and technology managers who responded rank information security as a high priority for their businesses. That's up from 60% last year and 56% two years ago. But only 38% of the respondents say their security policies are very well aligned with their business goals. Forty-five percent say their security policies are somewhat aligned with business goals, and 17% say the two don't mesh at all.
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