Security spending to increase in 2012, survey shows

While the nation's economy remains in the tank, the information security market appears to be avoiding a major slowdown. According to a survey from TheInfoPro of 150 IT security decision makers, released Tuesday, 37 percent of respondents expect to spend more in 2012, while 16 percent are planning a decrease in spend. The respondents said they are being driven to make purchases by compliance, mobile devices and data leakage prevention (DLP), and hot technologies include DLP software and application-aware firewalls.

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