21% of Forrester survey respondents expect to increase their IT security budgets in 2009, while nearly three-quarters of those surveyed expect no cutbacks in their security spending. Only 6% of respondents anticipate having to cut their security budget 2009 despite the current economic uncertainty. Security makes up 10% of overall IT operating budgets in 2008, up from 8% in 2007. Nearly 50% of respondents report to a board/CEO or an executive committee. Security is no longer embedded within IT. Data protection is critical. More than half of respondents said that protecting corporate IP and customer data was their top priority for the next 12 months. Companies are realizing the significance of having business continuity and disaster recovery plans in place. 42% of respondents said it was very important, up from 33% from 2007.
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- 42% of organizations reported unauthorized access to their Active Directory
- Top concerns regarding cloud computing services
- UK cybercrime up 9% in 2007
- US managed security services market grew 19.6% in 2007
- 21% of CIOs expect their security budgets to increase
- US online households pay 11 bills a month online
- 74% of all e-mail in Q2 2008 was spam
- Virtualization growth rising from 46% in 2007 to 54% in 2008
- Total spending in network services to reach $9.1 bln in 2012 in Asia
- $8.5 bln lost to viruses and spyware in 2006-2007
- Australian identity and access management market generated $89.4 mln in 2007
- 32% of North American SMBs have been hit by cybercrime numerous times
- Total spending in network services will grow to $9.1 bln in 2012
- Malware rates up 278% in the first half of 2008
- 51% of Americans write down their online passwords
- 45% of US employers monitor employee computer usage and keystrokes
- 66% of US employees write down passwords in unsafe places
- 55% of online shoppers think about payment methods when checking out
- Top malware countries: Russia, China, US, Brazil, UK
- Low-income Americans more worried about online credit card security than high-income
- 63% of Americans use roughly the same password for different online accounts
- 5.49 mln unique samples of malicious software in 2007
- 50% of companies block some of Web 2.0 services
- 57% of Americans still very concerned with credit card safety online
- UK SMB spending on managed security reached $42 mln in 2007
- IM attacks: 45% on MSN Messenger, 20% on Yahoo! IM, 19% on AIM
- $3.2 bln lost to phishing in 2007
- Chinese video surveillance market to reach $484.3 mln in 2013
- 9% of kids harassed online in 2005
- Vehicle tracking systems to generate $86 mln in China in 2007
- 90% of security attacks can be avoided without increase in security spending
- Remote household monitoring to grow at 25% a year
- Security software spending in Europe to reach $3.3 bln in 2007
- CCTV surveillance market to grow 12.4%
- Security software market to generate $13.5 bln in 2011
- Malware damages down to $13.3 bln in 2006
- 40% of IT execs do not monitor databases for suspicious activity
- Security appliance market to generate $5.5 bln by 2011
- 60 mln consumer electronics devices to ship with hardware security by 2013
- IT security spending by small businesses to reach $1.7 bln in 2007
- 60% of large European companies do not adequately use encryption
- Young salespeople the worst IT security offenders
- Security market up 7.2% in 2006
- UK SMBs to spend $2.2 bln on data storage and security
- $28.5 bln will be spent on homeland security in 2007-2011
- Video surveillance to generate $1 bln in 2010 in the US
- $9.1 bln will be spent on IT systems defense tools in 2007
- 77% of US consumers willing to change banks for better protection policy
- 40% of US consumers confident medical organizations can provide adequate security for healthcare records
- 63% of companies need at least one day to implement a new patch
- Security software to generate $111 mln in Gulf states in 2006
- EMEA security software market to generate $4.2 bln by 2010
- Information breaches cost US companies $182 per record
- Wireless security to becom a $4.4 bln industry by 2010
- 13% of companies monitor employee IM activity
- $12 bln worth of security software to sell in 2010
- Security software in Asia-Pacific market to generate $1.7 bln in 2010
- Only 37% of IT professionals think their company can detect data breaches
- 46% are better prepared to access critical data during disaster
- 86% of insider attacks against the companies come from employees in technical positions
- 90% of parents believe they are responsible for ensuring online safety for their children
- 1 out of every 600 social network profile pages hosts some malware
- Security software market generated $7.4 bln in 2005
- 90% of UK users try to protect themselves from online threats
- E-mail security boundary market generated $660 mln in 2005
- 70% of security dealer revenues currently come from security systems
- Compliance infrastructure to generate $21 bln by 2010
- 34% of companies do not forbid personal apps on corporate PCs
- SSL VPN revenues to grow 33% in 2006
- 41 mln US households have had an Internet security problem
- $4 bln spent globally on antivirus in 2005
- 81% of companies have a cyber security plan
- 50% of the companies have had a data loss in the past 12 months
- Most prevalent spyware in May 2006: DesktopScam, SpyFalcon, 180SearchAssistant
- Only 26% of companies have IT continuity plans
- Design-to-manufacturing currently generates $350-400 mln
- 62% of PCs scanned by Microsoft had at least one trojan
- Security software in Asia-Pacific generated $805 mln in 2005
- 15 mln fingerprint readers to ship in 2006
- Security information software market up 32.2% in 2005
- US consumers make 285 mln visits to hostile sites monthly
- US movie piracy costs $1.3 bln
- IM attacks up 25% in April 2006
- 50% of organizations to deploy email security at gateway
- Only 14% of business users use a different password for each site
- Security breaches cost UK businesses $18 bln a year
- IP VPN equipment to generate $658 mln in 2009
- Worldwide network security appliance market up 1% in Q3 2005
- 30% of Japanese companies monitor employee PC usage
- Worldwide security software support to reach $2.13 bln in 2010
- Chinese piracy cost US companies $2.4 bln in 2005
- 6,200 keyloggers out there
- For 75% of businesses the number of online transactions grew in 2005
- 23% of corporate networks rely on users applying security patches themselves
- 175% more bots in 2005
- Security spending in Western Europe to grow at 15.2% a year
- 75% run anti-spyware tools, 80% suffered from spyware attack
- 92% of online Americans feel confident about handling credit card fraud
- Third-party cookie blocking up 4x in 2005
- Web filtering software to generate $929 mln in 2009
- 62% of PC users run antispyware, only 44% have updated antivirus
- US mobile security market will reach $415.9 bln in 2006
- Outbound content compliance will generate $1.9 bln by 2009
- Nordic IT security market generated 610 mln euros in 2004
- Antivirus market up 39.7% in 2004
- 6,191 keylogging applications published in 2005
- 22% of mobile device owners have lost a device in 2005
- 36% of Asia-Pacific businesses have disaster recovery measures
- 58% of IT executives measure security through manual reporting
- Executives worry about security (26%) and costs (23%)
- $1.7 trillion of assets stored with online brokerages
- 22 atacks on P2P networks in October 2005
- 80% of Internet users worried about identity theft
- Adware is a $3 bln industry
- 80% of companies will have IP VPNs by year-end 2005
- Global IT security services spending to reach $24.6 bln by 2009
- 80% of SMBs are using VPN, 80% think SSL-VPN is too expensive
- 4% of Brits quit online banking because of security concerns
- 32% of malicious Web sites install trojans and unwanted toolbars
- 11% of Americans received a notice that their private data had been compromised
- 94% of US adults think Internet is dangerous for children
- Network security appliance market up 4% in Q2 2005
- Worldwide security appliance revenues up 16.6% in Q2 2005
- Almost 75% of worms in the first half of 2005 exposed confidential information
- 39% of corporate employees believe IT departments can prevent spyware and phishing
- Western European security appliance market up 27% in Q2 2005
- IP VPN spending to reach $6.1 bln by 2009
- Western European IT security spending to reach $7.5 bln in 2009
- 75% of security spending is going into compliance
- UK businesses spent $17,000 on their worst security incident in 2004
- In 23% of companies the employees intentionally downloaded spyware and viruses
- 80% of corporate PCs are infected with adware/spyware
- Top privacy policies: Intel, Expedia, e-Loan
- Worms responsible for only 12% of attacks in the second half of 2004
- Global VPN services revenues to reach $29.8 bln by 2009
- 80% of network intrusions go unreported
- Number of shredding companies doubled within 3 years
- Messaging security appliances to generate $400 mln in Western Europe by 2009
- 93% of corporate users will install a non-sanctioned app within the next 6 months
- Internet security vulnerabilities up 11% in Q2 2005
- 56% of small businesses have had a security incident within the past 12 months
- Electronic document discovery market generated $1.3 bln in 2004
- On average company lost $526,000 after a security breach in 2005
- Between January and June 2005 63% more machines got infected with spyware
- 64% of IT professionals have end-point security solutions in place
- 81% of Internet users stopped opening unknown attachments
- Instant messaging attacks up 400% in Q2 2005
- Most popular adware apps: Claria, CoolWWW
- Western European security software to reach $6 bln by 2009
- Viruses and outside hacking top the IT security priority list
- Only 38% of organizations run scans to detect rogue WLANs
- 4% of IT managers do not use anti-virus
- 51% of security officers secure their networks at the edge only
- 39% of companies who use remote access, use SSL VPN
- Most zombies are AOLers
- 71% support tougher laws to make Internet safer
- Only 7% of businesses encrypt their backups
- 84% people had their PCs infected with spyware in 2004
- Worldwide network security market up 5% in Q1 2005
- 44% of IT decision makers name consumer data theft their top priority
- 63% of consumers would pay for biometrics if it provided additional security
- 68% of Brits think national ID would relieve identity theft problem
- 51% of online Americans aware of the link between the browser and PC security
- 70% of network pros satisfied by network security
- 70% of Web users use an anti-spyware tool
- Chinese IT security market up 31.2% in 2004
- Security appliances to generate over $1.4 bln in Western Europe by 2009
- More than 50% of companies do not have a written security policy
- 88% of PCs have spyware, CoolWebSearch most prevalent
- Wiretapping up 19% in 2004
- In 2004 an average of 2,500 Web servers were hacked daily
- Software developers rank Linux security higher than Windows
- 55% of online users have been infected with spyware
- Instant messaging viruses and worms up 271% in Q1 2005
- 49% of companies have no policy regarding instant messaging and peer-to-peer
- Instant messaging viruses grow at 50% a month
- Zombie rankings for second half 2004: UK - 25.2%, USA - 24.6%, China - 7.8%
- Network security appliance and software market generated $3.7 bln in 2004
- European managed IP VPN market generated $4.3 bln in 2004
- European security appliance market generated $183 mln in Q4 2004
- 1 mln zombie PCs on the Internet
- 9 bln CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes have Macrovision protection
- Instant messaging security threats doubling every 6 months
- Integrated security appliances to generate $3.3 bln by 2009
- Global security appliance and software revenues up 30% in 2004
- For 52% of the networks the perimeter is the only defense
- 88% of federal government employees received computer security training
- Spyware to reach 25% of business PCs
- 32% of phishing sites are hosted in the US
- 70% of online buyers don’t think the merchants are protecting identity information
- IP VPN services revenues reached $2.9 bln in 2004
- German medium businesses sent $390 mln on anti-virus and anti-spam in 2004
- Biometric products market to grow 40x by 2010
- 65% of businesses to spend money on anti-spyware
- 18 mln phishing attempts recorded, viruses on decline
- Malware cost estimated at $169-204 bln for 2004
- Ukrainian businesses lost 95 mln euros to viruses in 2004
- Digital rights management revenues to grow by 28% in 2005
- 44% of online banking users choose the same password for multiple accounts
- 44% of online banking users choose the same password for multiple accounts
- 27% of movie industry professionals claim to have lost revenues to piracy
- Security spending in UK and Ireland to more than double
- Top spyware applications
- European IP VPN market to generate 8.56 bln euros in 2008
- European security appliance market up 54% in Q3 2004
- Security remains top concern for wireless deployments
- Consumers would shop more at online retailer with better security
- Intrusion detection systems and intrusion prevention systems will generate $1.4 bln by 2008
- In 2008 spyware removal will be $305 mln industry
- Sales of IP VPN equipment reached $267 mln in 2003
- 1142 phishing Web sites in October 2004
- 82% of companies deployed IP VPN
- Demand for IT security professionals to grow at 13.7% a year
- 30000 Internet-connected zombie networks in 2004
- Security software spending to reach $808 mln in 2008
- Asian Internet security solutions market to generate $4.9 bln in 2008
- 20% of Dell support calls are spyware-related
- 4% of IT budgets will be spent on security
- Gulf state security software spending to rise 27% in 2004
- 30% of users are not concerned with security threats
- Only 20% of companies view information security as CEO-level priority
- 120 mln credit cards compromised in 2004
- mi2g estimated spyware and virus damage at $290 per PC
- European security market generated $2.5 bln in 2003
- Firewall/VPN security appliance market up 27% in 2003
- Most popular IT services among small businesses
- Vulnerability-related downtime to triple by 2008
- Security appliance market grows 57% in Q2 2004
- 31% of all infections belonged to Sasser virus
- Secure content management to reach $7.5 bln in 2008
- 78% of Linux users have never had their machines hacked
- Asia-Pacific Internet security market to generate $2.4 bln in 2008
- 90% of Web apps are vulnerable
- DRM market to generate $274 mln by 2008
- 28% of women would read boyfriend’s/husband’s e-mails
- Cyberattack damages average $290,000
- Enterprises will spend 12% of IT budgets on security
- Web cams with embedded servers to account for 20% of European surveillance market
- Top reason for identity theft: stolen wallet
- Only 4% of government wiretaps are electronic and PC-based
- Security spending was $42 bln in 2003, just below printers
- Average PC is home to 28 spyware programs
- 92% of end-user software companies had security issues
- Security specialists in high demand
- Small businesses: 73% in Spain, 51% in Germany and 39% in UK update virus definitions once a week
- 30.67% of companies had virus infections, 90% ran antivirus software
- 50% of corporate networks have been compromised
- Security software sales to reach $9.6 bln in 2004
- IP VPN market to flatten by 2007, but grew 107% in Western Europe
- Global VPN and firewall market up 13% in 2003