Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Businesses are spending on average just over 5% of their overall IT budgets on trying to prevent the latest hacks and security breaches, according to analyst house Gartner. Despite the growing risk of threats facing organisations, surprisingly, Gartner said that The…
Getting ‘big-city surveillance’ with small-city budgets
Francis Lachance Top Priority Sector: video_surveillance_cctv Image Caption: Francis Lachance At a recent press conference, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg revealed the city’s latest crime-fighting technology: a sophisticated city-wide surveillance platform developed with Microsoft that centralizes data from many sources, and displays information in real-time. But New York is not…
ASIS 2012: Iran, China, budgets threaten security, Gates says
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Robert Gates Iran, China and budget instabilities present the greatest challenges to the national security of the U.S., said former U.S. secretary of defense Robert Gates at an ASIS 2012 keynote speech here in Philadelphia on Sept. 12. The three threats are…
Report: Strong IT communication = Larger IT budgets
Body: Are you tongue-tied when it comes to communicating the impact that IT is having on positive business results or negative business risks? You are not alone if you said yes. Recently published research conducted by the IT Policy Compliance Group reveals that nearly half of organizations (47 percent) effectively…
