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Spending on internet security is expected to soar during 2004 and beyond in the wake of the recent outbreaks of computer viruses. Big companies and software firms are preparing themselves for a surge in computer security budgets amid fears of system breakdowns. Small businesses also voiced concern about rising costs of security.

David Weymouth, Chief Information Officer at Barclays Bank said that: “Security is a growing part of our overall IT spend. For big companies this has now become a big issue. What happens if someone knocks one of your systems down ? Companies are dependent on computing, even for things like e-mail.” Barclays is one of the UK ’s biggest spenders on IT with a budget of around £750M with the security element being as much as £50M a year.

KPMG the audit and consulting firm is also preparing for increased security related spending by its customers. Rick Cudworth, partner responsible for internet security said : “ Today security accounts for 2 to 4 % of IT budgets; we think this will grow to between 5 and 10 % over the next year.” Ian Spence, a technology analyst at Granville Baird said : “ Spending on security has been highly resilient during the IT sector’s recent downturn. It is clearly now a growth market.”