A recent survey has understood that many businesses are failing to report breaches of security and data, according to an IT support company.

The survey by Logica found that only 40 per cent of companies who had a data compromise had actually told their clients, even though all could have potentially affected them, adding that more than half of all organisations polled had not fully understood the impact of a security breach on business.

A similar amount - over 50 per cent - also believed that data security was the sole responsibility of IT support or an IT department at a company.

Logica's Tim Best said: "With some organisations failing to disclose security breaches, this complacent attitude not only increases the likelihood of financial and reputational consequences but also highlights the inadequate security policies and protocols that UK organisations have in place."

This week, Healthcare Republic stated comments made by Lord Lipsey who said that "exaggerated fears" of data leaks were holding health services back from doing their job.

According to a recent survey by Connect, the two biggest IT headaches for businesses were 'everyday hassles with IT' (37 per cent) and 'security concerns' (32 per cent) In a recent survey of SMEs for Connect, the two most important benefits of outsourcing were 'guaranteed response times' and 'allowing in-house IT staff to concentrate on more strategic issues'