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Spyware leapfrogged ahead of viruses and worms to go the greatest security concern in 2007, according to appraise results
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CompTIA this hebdomad released the top security concerns of 1,070 concerns it surveyed earlier this year. Some 55% of those
polled reported as the top concern on their list; in particular, study respondents said the volume of spyware they have got to battle had increased
in the former 12 months.

"Spyware was rarely mentioned as a concern just a few old age ago," said Toilet Venator, president and chief executive officer at CompTIA, in a statement. CompTIA commissioned the survey, which was conducted by TNS, a global-marketing penetration and information group, to derive insight
into security concerns across organisations of assorted sizes and perpendicular markets. "It's another illustration of how information-security
threats are moving marks that tin present great challenges to even the most security-conscious organization," he said.

A stopping point 2nd to spyware was a deficiency of user awareness, which worried 54% of study respondents. Stopping Point to 50% cited and as their greatest concern, and about 45% said authorized-user abuse stands for a security issue. Rounding out the top five
concerns cited in the 2007 study was browser-based attacks, with more than than 41% citing that as a cause for worry.

Looking ahead, 20% of study respondents said they see viruses and worms as menaces in 2010, while 14% said they believe spyware
will go on to be a concern. Nine percentage cited radio entree as a possible security issue in 2010, and 9% said the same
about e-mail and . Organizations are less concerned about phishing and : Just 5% said they are cause for concern. Another 5% mentioned as a possible security job in 2010.

CompTIA states organisations are increasing their IT disbursement on security engineering and training. "Nearly one-half indicate
they mean to increase disbursement on security-related technologies, and another one-third anticipates to increase disbursement on security
training," Venator said.