While security risks are not going away for companies, efficient and secure enterprises will safely reduce the share of security spending by 3 to 6 percent of their overall IT budgets through 2011, according to a new report from Gartner.
"The average percentage of IT spending that security will comprise in 2010 is 5 percent, down from 6 percent in 2009," said Vic Wheatman, research director at Gartner.
"In 2009, in the face of a significant IT spending downturn, security spending grew slightly as a percentage of the IT budget, while many other IT spending areas were gutted. With the economic situation projected to improve in 2010, enterprises are ramping up investments in other spending areas faster than they are for IT security."
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