It Spending Priorities Point To Cyber, Cloud And Data

TechTarget’s global 2023 “IT Priorities Survey” polled more than 1,600 respondents, with 63% of North American respondents citing cybersecurity as the most important technology initiative. Cloud and data management were the second and third most important initiatives, respectively. Multifactor authentication (MFA) and zero-trust identity were the top identity-related initiatives for deployment in the next 12 months, while data governance, data analytics/business intelligence (BI) and data quality were the top areas for near-term deployment. Cybersecurity and cloud migration were the two functions for which respondents said they were most inclined to use third-party partners. About half of the North American IT professionals polled expect technology budgets to increase in 2023 compared with last year.