Businesses Spend 20% of IT Budgets on Security

Stony Stevenson writes "Security accounted for 20 percent of technology spending last year and it's expected to rise, according to a report released Tuesday. The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) surveyed 1,070 organisations and found that on average, they spent one-fifth of their technology budgets on security-related spending in 2006. That's up from the 15 percent of IT budgets spent on security in 2005, and the 12 percent spent in 2004."

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that's how we roll around here

[User 956]

Security accounted for 20 percent of technology spending last year and it's expected to rise, according to a report released Tuesday ... That's up from the 15 percent of IT budgets spent on security in 2005, and the 12 percent spent in 2004.

That makes sense. I mean, nerf weapons count as a security expense, right?

Re:that's how we roll around here

[Architect_sasyr]

Definitely do. It's the only way I can keep the damn bean counters from getting into mission control!

I call bull

[flyingfsck]

Unless they count a UPS, RAID and tape drives as security, there is no way that security can eat up that much of the budget, except maybe if the surveyed all use Windoze...

Re:I call bull

[spykemail]

When did IIS become #1? And where is the nearest suicide booth?

lol

[spykemail]

It's the same thing people always do when they screw something up and don't know how to fix it - throw money at it. I love it when IT companies get paid to implement "security" features (speed bumps) then "service" (disable) them. It would be like funding an invasion of a country then paying for the reconstruction of all the shit you just blew up~

Re:pebkac security patch

[UncleTogie]

I wonder how much of that spending went to training their employees that "password", "letmein" and lastly "123" are *NOT* the best passwords.

Just happened today: The uber-friendly shopkeeper next door asked me to help him void a transaction. When the password prompt came up, he looked at me and simply said, "1-2-3-4-5."

I couldn't resist. I looked back at him and said, "That's funny. I've got the same combination on my luggage..."