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90 Percent In Survey Say IT Security Technology Scrapped Before Or Soon After Deployment

Wednesday, May 6th, 2015

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Ninety percent of U.S.-based information technology (IT) practitioners said their organization scrapped or discontinued a security technology it invested in before or soon after deployment, according to a Ponemon Institute survey published in April.The survey also found, on average, 31 percent of security technologies purchased by organizations within the past two years were never deployed.Risk & Innovation in Cybersecurity Investments, a research report survey, was sponsored by Lockheed Martin [LMT]. Ponemon surveyed 618 U.S.-based information technology and security practitioners involved…

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