Here’s what you need to know.
- The top two spending priorities are network (62 percent) and endpoint (56 percent) protection. The least common spending priority organizations reported was data-at-rest encryption (46 percent).
- When asked to rank the effectiveness of solutions protecting sensitive data, however, respondents ranked data-at-rest (75.7 percent) as more effective than endpoint protection (69.3 percent).
- The top ranked reason for spending on data security is meeting compliance requirements (44 percent), followed by a focus on best practices (38 percent) and protecting reputation (36 percent).
- The top barriers to adopting data security solutions included system complexity (50.4 percent) and lack of trained staff to manage the system (36 percent).
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