Published:
April 16, 2009
The survey was designed to answer the following questions:
- Problem definition and scope.
- How much of their organization’s data do security professionals consider to be confidential?
- Do users know how many copies of confidential data they have and where they are located?
- What are the biggest pain points?
- Market dynamics and purchasing plans.
- What’s driving demand for confidential data security solutions and in what time frame?
- Which areas of confidential data security will users address first?
- In light of the global recession, how are users budgeting for confidential data security expenditures?
- Policies, processes, and procedures.
- Which specific confidential data security policies and procedures are most important?
- If so, how are they defined, monitored, and enforced?
- How effective are these policies, processes, and procedures?
- What changes need to occur?
- Technology deployment and purchasing plans.
- Which tools are currently in use?
- Which ones will be deployed within the next 12 months?
- Are users deploying encryption technologies? If so, where?
- Are encryption technology deployments tactical or strategic in nature? Are they changing?
- How are users managing encryption keys? Is this adequate? Will it change?
For more information on the contents and findings of this report, please download the executive summary.
