Outsourcing is a fact of life now in corporate business, so much so that a recent YouGov survey found that 89 percent of IT managers in large UK companies have outsourced at least one IT system.However, the same research commissioned by NCC Group, also found that 20 percent of IT managers believe that outsourced systems are less secure than those based in-house, “indicating a lack of confidence in outsourcing.” This is despite a separate PA consulting report that said that 31 percent of companies plan to outsource more over the next year, “suggesting that company bosses are more concerned with cutting costs.”Meanwhile only 64 percent of the IT managers at medium-sized businesses surveyed expect their companies’ suppliers to have formal security procedures and policies in place, compared to 78 percent at large companies. The NCC Group said that the outsourcing providers should be able to prove their IT security credentials.
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