IT professionals are, raising serious questions about the U.S. software industry's reliance on overseas software developers, arguing that the practice puts companies and the U.S. economy at risk. A recent study by Gartner Inc. predicts that by 2004, more than 80% of U.S. companies will consider outsourcing critical IT services, including software development, to countries such as India, Pakistan, Russia and China. But some users said the trend needs to be given a sanity check in light of recent changes in the global security environment. At last week's Techno-Secu- rity Conference here, users peppered a panel of corporate security offiicers with ques- tions about the wis-dom of outsourcing software development to cheap labor overseas, where there is little or no way to ascertain the security risk that workers may pose.
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