Research commissioned by Cisco says that 62% of IT
decision makers will beincreasing their security spendingthis year.
The research into the effects of
remote working on businesses covered responses from 2,000
remote workers and IT professionals across ten countries, including
the UK.
Of the IT professionals who said they would be
increasing security spending, more than half (37%) said their
increased security spending will rise by more than 10% when
compared with the previous year.
Of the 10 countries in the study, China, India and Brazil
feature the highest number of IT decision-makers planning to
increase spending by more than 10%.
Planned IT security spending by country:
India - 83% will spend more than last year - 60% to increase
spending by more than 10%.
China: 83% (58% by more than 10%)
Brazil: 68% (56%)
Germany: 61% (31%)
Italy: 60% (35%)
UK: 58% (29%)
Australia: 55% (30%)
US: 53% (27%)
France: 49% (22%)
Japan: 24% (15%)
Source: Cisco