8 fears keeping security professionals up at night

Whether it’s due to a high-profile security breach, the tenuous nature of consumer data or just trying to get ahead of a data-disaster, security is on everyone’s mind. Security professionals are tasked with securing data, preventing data breaches, and dealing with security flaws in business systems. A recent study commissioned by Trustwave, an information security company that provides threat vulnerability and compliance management services, surveyed 1,414 full-time IT workers worldwide who identified themselves as “security decision makers or security influencers within their organizations” and found that the pressure is on. The study’s most surprising finding is that 63 percent of respondents felt more pressure around security in 2015 than they did in the previous year, and 65 percent said they expected that pressure to increase in the coming year.

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