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Tech privacy professionals fear budget cuts

Survey finds a lag between talking about privacy and cybersecurity and actually implementing measures

The advent of generative AI and other AI tools have vastly expanded the threat landscape for businesses

Privacy professionals in Europe fear that their budgets will be cut this year.

According to a survey by ISACA, the IT professional services association, two in every five privacy professionals believe their budgets every year are not enough while 56 per cent expect their budgets to decrease in 2024.

The survey found that there’s a lag between talking about privacy and cybersecurity and actually implementing measures with just 10 per cent saying that they feel ...