Data leakage tops security concerns

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Research conducted by conference organiser Infosecurity Europe into the information security challenges faced by today's businesses has revealed that data security and the prevention of data leakage are by far and away the most pressing concern.

With growing numbers of organisations confessing to losing sensitive or personal information, over two thirds (69 percent) of information security professionals named data leakage their top priority.

The second highest rated issue among the 99 respondents was how to secure collaborative and mobile working IT environments (58 percent), followed closely by security compliance (56 percent).

The survey's top 10 concerns were:

1) Data leakage from within the organisation (69 percent)

2) Remote, mobile and collaborative working (58 percent)

3) Governance, risk and compliance (56 percent)

4) Implementing security that supports a more cost-efficient IT infrastructure (48 percent)

5) ID and access management (43 percent)

6) Implementing security that is future-proof (42 percent)

7) Making IT architectures and strategies more secure (39 percent)

8) Implementing security that helps IT be more agile and aligned with future business needs and growth (31 percent)

9) Security in new or emerging markets where infrastructure/networks are hostile (25 percent)

10) Assuring common security standards with third parties, customers, suppliers and outsourced activities (25 percent)