IDC surveyed 30 top U.S. companies about their experiences in leveraging an offshore business model. Among the top 10 concerns were “unknown legal rights” and “unknown suppliers” The keys to successful offshore outsourcing projects are to treat security issues as part of the overall project management, says IDC’s Barry Mason. Language, culture and time zone differences are also obstacles to outsourcing, he says. The keys are to include explicit language about IT and physical security into contracts, says Mason. The biggest issues are prevention and prosecution, and that’s difficult in foreign countries.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2117791/idc–security-isn-t-a-barrier-to-offshore-outsourcing.html