IT folks struggling with compliance, still

Is anyone really surprised by this? A recent survey by Shavlik Technologies (vendor survey alert!) has found that IT professionals are still struggling with compliance issues, according to Redmond Channel Partner Online. The survey, which asked questions of attendees at RSA Conference and Infosecurity Europe, said that "the No. 1 difficulty among IT pros was finding an all-encompassing approach to tackle vulnerabilities, protect data and meet compliance objectives--all while doing that pesky thing: their actual jobs." This situation stands to get even worse as budgets shrink. The to priorities are not surprising: 1) Data protection, integrity and information leakage, 2) Internal network security, and 3) IT policy and governance. If there is some sort of breech, you can bet the IT will be among the first questions. They know this all too well.  

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