Worldwide spending on information security will top US$71 billion this year, Gartner says. Data loss prevention segment recording the fastest growth at 18.9 percent. Mobile, social and cloud computing is driving growth in security spending among organizations. Security is no longer seen as just an IT function or a cost center, research director Lawrence Pingree says. More than half of organizations will by 2018 rely on security services firms that specialize in data protection, risk and infrastructure management, the research firm says.”]