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LONDON, ON, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire/ - IT departments in U.S. enterprises willhave spent US$61 billion on security by the end of this year, representing 7.3per cent of total IT spending in the U.S., a new report from Info-TechResearch Group states. Between US$21 billion and US$27 billion of that totalis spent on acquisition of new security technologies and services, while thebalance goes to operations, primarily staffing costs.
Business services (US$10.8B), Financial services (US$10.4B) and Government sectors (US$9.9B) are the top spenders, for a combined total of US$31 billion, or just over half of the total IT security spend. At the other end of the scale, Education (US$3.6B), Health Care (US$3.2) and Primary Industries (US$2.5B) combined represent only US$9 billion...