IT spend to rise on security fears

Spending on information security is set to increase, according to a survey by Infosecurity Europe.

"Even though overall IT budgets may be reduced and the economic crisis continues to deepen, spending on information security will continue to grow, driven by the increase in security threats and the fact that many organisations are still in catch-up mode," says Eric Domage, research manager of security products and services, IDC EMEA Software Group. "We expect to see an increase in 'frustration hacking' when people opportunistically attack their own company because they have been fired or frustrated."

Domage predicts that the Western European software information security market will grow by 7 per cent in 2009, driven by concerns about issues such as data leakage prevention, data integrity attacks and mobile security.

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