Security News > 2021 > June > Security and automation are top priorities for IT professionals
The top three priorities for tech professionals are improvement of security, cloud migration and automation to increase IT productivity, according to Kaseya's newly released 2021 IT Operations Report.
The report surveyed nearly 1,000 IT professionals worldwide between April and May 2021 about their top priorities and challenges.
The survey found that 30% of respondents felt that there was not enough budget or resources to meet demands, making it one of the top three biggest challenges for professionals surveyed, the report said.
Due to the growing number of threats, 61% of respondents said that improving security measures continues to be the dominant priority.
Cybersecurity systems topped the list of what IT professionals plan to invest in for 2022, with 53% of respondents planning to budget for email security tools such as phishing prevention, and 33% of respondents investing in ransomware protection.
Half of the respondents rated automation of IT processes through their endpoint management solution as important, while 47% rated the ability to run automation scripts through their IT documentation tool as critical to their success, the report said.