Top 10 tech initiatives for 2009 named.

For the seventh consecutive year, "Information Security Management" is the most important issue affecting IT strategy, investment and implementation in the coming 12-18 months for businesses, according to the AICPA's 20th Annual Top Technology Initiatives Survey.

Underscoring the importance of security, "Privacy Management" moved up the list from fourth to second place in this year's survey. Increased concern over data protection also led respondents to cite "Secure Data File Storage, Transmission and Exchange" as the third most-important issue in the upcoming year, the first time this has appeared on the list.

The Top 10 most important technology initiatives for 2009 are as follows:

* Information Security Management

* Privacy Management

* Secure Data File Storage, Transmission and Exchange

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