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Symantec mouthpiece issues pro-IT compliance report

Symantec mouthpiece issues pro-IT compliance report

By:  Briony Smith  On: 14 May 2008 For: ComputerWorld Canada Creator

Firms with good IT governance, risk, and compliance practices have 17 per cent higher revenues, says report

The Symantec-sponsored IT Policy Compliance Group announced today the availability of “IT Governance, Risk, and Compliance—Improving Business Results and Mitigating Financial Risk,” its 2008 annual research report.

The report includes responses culled from over 2,600 global organizations. The results show that businesses with mature IT governance, risk, and compliance practices have 17 per cent higher revenues, 14 per cent higher profits, and 18 per cent higher customer satisfaction rates.

They are also fifty times less likely to have customer data stolen or lost, said the report.










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Briony Smith Briony Smith is a contributor to the International Data Group (IDG) News Service, which publishes global technology stories from bureaus around the world to more than 300 publications in more than 60 countries.

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