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sensitive data is becoming increasingly
complex. Nine out of 10 respondents are
using, or will be using, some type of cloud
environment and 44% rated complexity
of that environment as a perceived barrier
to implementing proper data security
measures. In fact, this complexity is ahead of
staff needs, budget restraints and securing
organisational buy-in.
Despite increase in data breaches
enterprises are still not investing
in protection
Globally, 60% of organisations say they have
been breached at some point in their history,
with 30% experiencing a breach within the
past year alone. In a year where breaches
regularly appear in headlines, the US had the
highest number of breaches in the last three
years (65%) as well as in the last year (36%).
The bottom line is that whatever technologies
an organisation deploys to make Digital
Transformation happen, the easy and timely
access to data puts this data at risk internally
and externally. A majority of organisations,
86%, said they felt vulnerable to data threats.
Unfortunately, this does not always translate
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into security best practices as evidenced
by the less than 30% of respondents
using encryption as part of their Digital
Transformation strategy.
Frank Dickson, Research Vice President for
security products research at IDC, said:
“Our research shows that no organisation is
immune from data security threats and, in
fact, we found that the most sophisticated
organisations are more likely to indicate that
they have experienced a data security breach.
“This trend is consistent no matter how we
define the sophistication of the audience:
those who are spending more on IT
security, those for whom data security is a
larger portion of their security budget or
those who are further along in their Digital
Transformation journey.”
Tina Stewart, Vice President of market
strategy at Thales eSecurity, added: “Data
security is vitally important. Organisations
need to take a fresh look at how they
implement a data security and encryption
strategy in support of their transition to
the cloud and meeting regulatory and
compliance mandates.” n
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