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Cloud Security: Security Worries Still Stop Many Businesses from Leaping to the Cloud

By Dick Weisinger

The good news is that there are fewer concerns about cloud data security.  A recent survey by North Bridge Venture Partners found that the number of IT professionals citing security as their top concern with the cloud dropped from 55

Data Security: Securing Data in a World of Off-Premise Storage

By Dick Weisinger

It’s well known that the amount of data that organizations need to manage is experiencing dramatic growth, but there’s another parameter at play that is complicating the management of data for many organizations, and that’s the number of locations where

Mobile Security: Half of Businesses Have Lost More than $500,000 from Mobile Security Incidents

By Dick Weisinger

A recent survey by CheckPoint finds that many IT departments are throughly overwhelmed by open BYOD policies.  96 percent of IT departments that allow BYOD say that the number of personal devices connecting to their networks is increasing, and 45

Security: CISOs Adopting in Order to Survive a New Business Environment

By Dick Weisinger

Andrew Rose, principal analyst at Forrester, wrote on his blog that “CISOs can’t afford to remain where they are; they need to decide whether they want to move up or down…  The ‘next-gen’ CISOs are commonly savvy business professionals, experienced at implementing

Security: Despite Tight Budgets, Spending on Security Continues to Grow

By Dick Weisinger

The global security market is expected to reach $67.2 billion in 2013, a jump of 8.7 percent from 2012.  By 2016, the size should reach $86 billion. Businesses are spending on average 5 percent of their total IT budgets on