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THE 2017 CYBER SECURITY REALITY What You Need to Know Now

Today’s Daunting Cyber Security Reality Security professionals must deal with threats posed by the:

Death of the perimeter

Sophistication of cyber miscreants

Proliferation of security tool sets Scarcity of qualified information security professionals Growing number of environments and devices to protect

Top Security Market Trends Pose Challenges Security professionals also grapple with:

1.

A Dynamic Threat Landscape Requires automation, integration, and visibility

Driven by increasingly sophisticated malware and targeted attacks

2.

Breach prevention to preparation

Positions security as a (cloud) service

Regulatory Standards

Driven by

Requires

Positions

compliance

forensic and continuous audit capability

security as risk mitigation

3.

Digital Transformation

Driven by

Requires

Positions

the business to compete in digital era

innovation to support new platforms

security to manage and defend an increased attack surface

Obstacles to Improving Security 32%

Budget constraints

26%

Skills shortages Juggling conflicting priorities

21%

Operations resources too busy with routine operations

21%

Not enough integration into IT infrastructure teams

20%

Fragmentation or lack of integration of security product portfolio

19%

Competing with cloud resources used and/or shadow IT

18%

High level of demand for new business services

18%

Lack of insight into security-sensitive activities

17%

Source: IDC WE European IT Security Strategies Survey, April 2017

Note: Respondents could choose up to three answers

Complex IT Architecture Inhibits Security Execution Complexity rules in security deployments: Ba s

ic

18%

Co

m

82% ple

x

Source: IDC WE European IT Security Strategies Survey, April 2017

Lapses in Cybersecurity Measures Have Real Costs +50% of respondents say

a breach would prompt them to switch organizations.

+75% would switch if impacted directly.

Threat

55%

Go

45%

Breach

Stay

22%

Stay

78% Go

Source: Measuring U.S. Privacy Sentiment: An IDC Special Report, January 2017

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