Mike Essary, vice president of pharmaceutical distributor Letco Inc., Decatur, Alabama, is apparently representative of these security purchasing priorities. Essary says the spread of worms like MyDoom has made security a greater concern in his company in recent months, even though the diligence of his company's IT person thwarted MyDoom in his company. "We have good protection devices in place and our IT person stays on top of patches," he said. "We're not going to spend more money, but we will take more time to monitor and make sure we don't have any problems."
In the Small Business Pipeline survey, 46.4% of respondents said they'll spend less than $1,000 on security products this year, while another 41.1% said they'll spend between $1,000 and $9,999. Just 12.5% plan to spend more than $10,000 on security wares.
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IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
