Nation falling short on IT security: survey

Need for better information safety becomes urgent, Ernst & Young says

Most organizations in China have failed to meet ever-growing challenges to information security, even though they have taken some steps to improve the situation, an Ernst & Young survey has found.

The need for better information security has become quite urgent in China, especially after the exposure of the United States' program known as PRISM, a clandestine Internet and telecom surveillance system operated by the US National Security Agency.