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Gauging Security ROI
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The InformationWeek /Accenture Global Information Security survey asked more than 1,100 business technology professionals, “How does your company measure the value of your security investments?”
Fewer worker hours spent on security-related issues—43%
Better protection of customer records—35%
Decline in breaches—33%
Decline in amount of network downtime—33%
Improved protection of intellectual property—27%
Better risk-management strategies—25%
Reduction in incident-response time—24%
We don’t measure the value—24%
* Multiple responses permitted.
Source: 2007 Global Information Security survey, Accenture and CMP Technology’s Information Week, www.accenture.com and www.informationweek.com .