Global State of Information Security Survey

For many years, information technology and, by extension, information security was among the most likely cost centres to encounter cutbacks in funding when companies fell upon difficult economic times. To find out if this is true, PwC surveyed more than 7,200 CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, CISOs, CSOs and other executives responsible for their organization’s IT and security investments in 130 countries. What are the implications of these trends on how your business is addressing the challenges of the economic downturn? What expectations should you be placing on your information security function at this time? Which areas of focus offer the best opportunities for security to provide concrete business value—not just over the long run but right now, during an unusual economic period? (Read the Global State of Information Security Survey Trial by Fire.)