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September 22, 2004

Security Issues with Outsourcing

While outsourcing IT to India or China may prove to dramatically cut costs, the same deal may also jeoparadize security, according to experts at the Gartner IT Security Summit.

From Computerworld:

"India is seen as an answer when outsourcing applications but is actually a problem in the security space," said Gartner India research vice president Partha Iyengar while moderating a panel on offshoring security.

At issue is not so much the security that outsourcing service providers use to protect companies' systems -- such as firewalls and data backup -- as it is the cultural differences, Iyengar said. For instance, standards of privacy are often looser in India because it's a close-knit society where, say, reading someone else's e-mail wouldn't be considered much of an intrusion, Iyengar said.

Read more: When outsourcing, don't forget security, experts say

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