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Funding has become the main obstacle to implementing tighter security beyond the federal government.
“The companies are not really putting money into this because they don’t understand the security situation,” said Dario Marquez, adding that downturns in the economy also play a role.
The CEO of the Washington, D.C., area’s second-largest security firm, Marquez has followed security issues since 1979 when he founded MVM along with two other former U.S. Secret Service agents.
The American Society for Industry Security (ASIS) released a report in June 2003 that found that the median increase in security spending is up 4 percent since Sept. 11, 2001. That is enough to cover inflation.
More than 331 business security directors, risk managers and information technology security officers were surveyed for the study.
According to the report, “While many security experts anticipated a widespread move to centralize security operations in the wake of the terrorist actions, the study found that most companies have not changed the way they manage security.”
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