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• 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

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