Security guards

Article Sustainability September 2014

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Hendershot, Steve

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Hendershot, S. (2014). Security guards. PM Network, 28(9), 24–33.
To respond to the onslaught of recent cyberattacks carrying a hefty price tag, spending on IT security has jumped 51% from 2012 to 2013, according to a PwC survey. From the financial, government, and healthcare sectors to large retailers and the contractors serving them, project managers find themselves gatekeepers of data-security initiatives as organizations prepare to fend off data breaches from increasingly savvy hackers.
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