Budget Constraints, Cyberattacks Biggest Threats to IT Organizations, Survey Says

Information technology (IT) decision-makers in state and local government think budget constraints are the biggest threat to their respective IT organizations and federal-level IT leaders claim cyberattacks are their biggest threat, according to a new survey released by Cisco.

The results showed a heavy focus on cybersecurity matters in government. Although 35 percent of respondents said budget constraints were the biggest threat to their IT infrastructure, 17 percent said that cyberattacks were the biggest threat, and 22 percent of respondents volunteered that all options offered on the survey (budget constraints, cyberattacks, limited bandwidth, increased demand for constituent services and employee personal devices) are collectively considered the greatest threat to IT organization.