by Robert Jaques

UK enterprises are losing the battle against viruses, with many IT managers blaming poor security on senior managers who fail to provide sufficient investment to meet IT security requirements, a survey has claimed.

Email marketing firm emedia said that the survey showed UK companies "sleep walking" as virus and spam attacks increase.

The study suggested that many companies are not planning to invest significantly in IT security.

The survey of 100 UK IT managers and directors across the technology, finance, construction, education, transport, health and telecoms sectors found that 70 per cent will be spending less than £10,000 on IT security this year.

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