Corporate concern about network security.

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Facing an ever-growing array of threats to corporate information systems, technology executives now see enhancing network security as job one, shows a survey developed by Robert Half International, Menlo Park, Calif., a provider of information technology professionals on a project and full-time basis. Thirty-five percent of chief information officers polled say improvements to network security are their highest priority. Operating-system upgrades were the second-most frequent response, cited by 16% of executives.

"Security is moving from being regarded as largely a defensive measure to one that has become an integral part of systems design," emphasizes Katherine Spencer Lee, executive director of Robert Half. "The increasing sophistication of...