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The Struggle Between Humans & Automation in the Financial Services World

New study says 51% of IT and security practitioners believe automation will decrease headcount in the IT security function.

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A vast majority of organizations are increasing their IT automation investments in the next few years. While the upside to these investments appears to be focused on efficiencies, the downside comes at the cost of decreasing the number of skilled IT employees.

The Traverse City, Mich.-based Ponemon Institute, in partnership with the Seattle-based DomainTools, announced the results of “Staffing the IT Security Function in the Age of Automation,” in which more than 1,000 IT and security practitioners analyzed the impact of automation on current IT security practices and staffing in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Roy Urrico

Roy Urrico

Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).

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