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IT services such as security protect a firm and its assets, it is claimed.

Application Security helps companies safeguard from bugs and security breaches, reports Enterprise IT Planet.

The term Application Security refers to measures implemented in order to ensure software and hardware are not affected by outside influences, with its importance growing due to increased need for suitable and effective data back up and security systems.

In doing so IT services and security allow assets and information to remain safe from viruses and loss, the website states.

Both internal, such as workers accessing data they do not have permission to view, and external, including hackers, threats can be prevented through correctly managed and maintained schemes, the source concludes.

Meanwhile, the Global IT Security Market Forecast to 2012 claims there will be a growth of around 16 per cent in the IT security industry during the next four years, taking its worth to around $16 billion (£8.6 billion).

A recent survey for Connect found that one in ten companies has lost important data as a result of a backup failure. The company has now developed a unique online backup service - http://www.connect.co.uk/services/online_backup – for SMEs to ensure they can survive any disaster