<A HREF="http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=11707">Reckless and uninformed remote workers</A>--opening emails from unknown sources and surfing on their neighbours' wireless networks--are partly responsible for an anticipated rise in security spending by IT managers during 2008.

That's according to new research commissioned by networking giant Cisco and carried out by market research firm InsightExpress. It surveyed more than 2,000 remote workers and IT professionals across various industries in 10 countries including the US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China, India, Australia and Brazil.