Securing PII top concern amongst firms

Securing personally identifiable information (PII) is the number one priority for business and technology executives, new research has revealed.

The ISACA survey of more than 3,000 professionals in over 95 countries found that securing PII was the top concern for the next 12 to 18 months.

This was followed by enterprise-based storage management/IT governance and information security management at number two and three respectively.

Disaster recovery/business continuity came in at number four and was followed by IT value management.

Commenting, Greg Grocholski, chair of ISACA's Assurance Committee and senior finance director at Dow Chemical, said: "The cost of losing or compromising the integrity of PII is also leading to a renewed focus on information security."

He added: "The survey shows that 81 per cent of the 1,600 respondents who named information security management as a number 3 concern said that security risks are not fully known or are only partially assessed using technology."

The survey also revealed that many enterprises are not adequately prepared for disasters.

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