<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Internet-Security-Fears-Keep-IT-Security-Spending-on-Menu/?kc=EWKNLNAV09122008STR3">Businesses are afraid of cyber-crime,</A> and rightly so, as a survey of nearly 1,400 IT security professionals by Finjan found 25 percent admitted experiencing a security breach at their company.

Another 42 percent could not rule out the possibility that their data had been breached. The statistics, contained in Finjan's "Web Security Survey 2008" report, come on the heels of a survey by Forrester Research that found about 96 percent of IT security pros expect their budgets to either increase or stay the same in the coming year.