Top tasks IT professionals are spending more time on

2020-11-02 04:30

Virtual tasks and security concerns demand more IT time.

The research found that 67 percent of respondents said they spend more time on virtual tasks like team web meetings, remotely accessing employee devices and customer web meetings.

Security also gained increased focus, with 54 percent spending more time managing IT security threats and 54 percent developing new security protocols.

With cloud technology and adoption skyrocketing over the years, fear of a cloud data security breach has increased significantly just in the past two years, with 40% of IT professionals expressing concern in 2018 and 53% citing it as a top security concern in 2020.

Another higher priority concern in 2020 compared to previous years is 'Rapidly evolving business technology practices' with 29 percent of IT professionals stating it's a top security concern in 2020, compared to only 20 percent in 2019.

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