General IT operations groups and IT cybersecurity teams need to work closely together to accomplish their objectives. However, their goals sometimes conflict with one another. To better understand how businesses are managing those sometimes-conflicting goals and relationships, Dark Reading and InformationWeek surveyed 115 cybersecurity and technology professionals, primarily in North America. Among those surveyed, 85% are concerned about cybersecurity, but 50% devote 2% of their budget and 25% devote 15% of their budget to cybersecurity. About half of respondents noted that cybersecurity issues are being factored into project planning.
Key words: communications, computer/networking hardware