1. Security
Given the recent headlines about IT security breaches and compromised data, it comes as no surprise that security is the top spending priority for CIOs in the coming year, as it has been every year since 2012.
This year about 80 percent of CIOs plan on increasing spending on security technology in 2017. Although that's down slightly from 82 percent in 2016, this year's 80-percent response is still the second highest this technology category has received over the last six years.
